Module 2:The Need for Psychological Science Flashcards
1
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intuition
A
effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought
2
Q
why can’t we rely on intuition and common sense?
A
hindsight bias, overconfidence, tendency to perceive patterns in random events
3
Q
hindsight bias
A
tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it
4
Q
overconfidence
A
people tend to think they know more than they actually know
5
Q
perceiving patterns
A
random sequences don’t always look random - humans feel the need to make sense of the world
6
Q
scientific attitude
A
curious, skeptical, humility
7
Q
critical thinking
A
thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions
8
Q
critical inquiry
A
open to surprise findings
disproves popular beliefs
identifies effective policies
