SOCI 2150Y Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gambling, Dependent And Independent Variables, The Foundations
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Tradition: everyone inherits a culture made up, in part, of firmly accepted beliefs, may hinder human inquiry (if we wanted a different understanding of something we may be considered strange) Authority: we are more likely to believe a medical researcher than our uncle about transmitting a cold through kissing. Inaccurate observations: if we were trying to remember what a prof was wearing in class, we would probably make a mistake unless we deliberately went to class planning to observe their outfit. Overgeneralization: we assume that a few similar events are evidence of a general pattern, replication repetition of a research study in order to either confirm the findings of a previous study or bring them into question. Illogical reasoning: gambler"s fallacy the mistaken belief that random events will balance out over time (gambler losing money at poker assuming he"ll win the next round)
