SOC SCI H1G Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Heavy Object, Confabulation, Introspection Illusion

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOC SCI H1G
• Professor: S T A N F O R D, P.B A R R E T T, J.

Document Summary

And we are not aware of how we form our beliefs and values: cognitive dissonance experiment: those who got didn"t actually know they were changing their beliefs, beliefs can affect values and vice versa. But perhaps we are always aware of what we are thinking: 1st person authority: i know my own thoughts i. e. what i am experiencing, what i believe, and how i reason and make decisions. Most people believe in 1st person authority. You are guessing what i believe, but i know what i believe. But most people are wrong to believe this. Awareness of our own reasoning: maier experiment: test cords had to tie two cords together tie one of the cords to a heavy object and grab the other one. 4th solution: use heavy object and swing it back and forth and then get other one and tie it together (pendulum) People who don"t get 4th solution by themselves are included in the data.