PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Random Assignment, Balance Theory, Field Experiment
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When you have to predict the results of studies and then find out what they were, you avoid the. Hindsight bias hindsight bias predicted a given outcome. An exercise called a thought experiment is one of the most useful critical-thinking skills. Even if you can"t conduct a study thinking through how you would test a given idea can lead you to new hypotheses that might seem preferable to your initial speculation. = a body of related propositions intended to describe some aspect of the world. = a prediction about what will happen under particular circumstances person a will either come to dislike person c or begin to dislike person b. Theory that people like their thoughts to be consistent with one another, and will do substantial mental work to achieve such cognitive consistency. Charles darwin was first and foremost a great observer of natural life.
