PSYCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Psychological Science, The Need

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Psychology & Brain Sciences
• Course: PSYCH 100
• Professor: Tammy Rahhal

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People tend to be more confident than correct-we think we know more than we really do know a. i. Heavier than air flying machines are impossible. (lord. There is no reason for anyone to have a computer in their home (k. olsen) a. i. 3. A severe depression like that of 1920-21 is outside the range of probability (harvard economic society) a. ii. Why are people with high self-esteem more susceptible to flattery than those with low self-esteem? a. ii. 1. This is because their mindsets of themselves are already high up so they believe that they are already what they are praised for. a. ii. 2. Actual finding is that research suggests that people with low self-esteem are more susceptible to flattery than those with high self-esteem: hindsight bias, def. After you know the outcome of an event, you tend to believe that you would have predicted it ( i knew it all along ) a. i. Birds of a feather flock together vs. opposites attract a. i. 1.