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Unit 1 - Module 2: The Need for Psychological Science
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- 1Unit One - Module 2 The Need for Psychological ScienceThe Need for Psychological Science
- 2hindsight biasThe tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it
(The "I knew it all along" phenomenon). - 3overconfidence biasThe tendency to hold a false and misleading assessment of our skills, intellect, or talent. In short, it’s an egotistical belief that we’re better than we actually are.
- 4gambler's fallacy (perceiving order in random events)People perceive patterns to make sense of their world.
Even in random, unrelated data people often find order, because random sequences often do not look random.
People trust their intuition more than they should because intuitive thinking is flawed.
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- Grade 12 Psychology (Unit One - Introduction to Psychological Science Practices) Flashcards on Unit 1 - Module 2: The Need for Psychological Science, created by Greg MacPherson on 19/07/2021.
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