All Of 2.1 Flashcards
we cannot solely rely on….
Intuition and common sense
Hindsight Bias (I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon)
The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it
Common sense more easily describes…
What has happened than what will happen
Our intuition is often…
Right
We are all…
Behavior watchers
We tend to be…
More confident than correct
Hindsight Bias and overconfidence often lead us to…
Overestimate our intuition
A scientific approach asks
Does it work?
Empirical approach
Letting the facts speak for themselves
Scientific attitude
Be skeptical but not cynical, open but not gullible
Psychologists approach behavior by asking
“What do you mean?” How do you know?
Humility
An awareness of our own vulnerability to error and an openness to surprises and new perspectives
What responds to our questioning
The truths of nature
3 attitudes
Curiosity, skepticism, and humility
Founders
Copernicus and Newton