Module 7: Overconfidence & Motivated Memories Flashcards
System 1
The intuitive, automatic, unconscious, and fast way of thinking
System 2
The deliberate, controlled, conscious, and slower way of thinking.
Automatic processing
“Implicit”thinking that is effortless, habitual, and without awareness; roughly corresponds to “intuition.
-System 1
Controlled processing
“Explicit” thinking that is deliberate, reflective, and conscious.
-system 2
Overconfidence Phenomenon
The tendency to be more confident than correct- to overestimate the accuracy of one’s beliefs.
Confirmation Bias
A tendency to search for information that confirms one’s preconceptions
Overconfident
Igor “I am always wrong”
They are confident that they are wrong
Overconfidence
Your mean (average) confidence level is greater than your percent correct
Example of studying
Because something makes sense you will think that you know it , so then you won’t study like you should and then you will fail
Statically significant
It is relatively unlikely to occur purely by chance
Example of statically significant
Flip a quarter for 15 times and get heads
- likely by chance it could happen “special powers”
What are flops?
Coincidences
Do people believe in floods?
Yes
Ex: coin example
Social psychology is about?
Individuals
What is the example of social psych?
Class introduce to the camera
Is is actually the imply presence of others
Definition of Social Psych
Real imagine or imply presence of others affect what you think, feel and do
Are we ethios believers in this class?
NO
What is ethios?
God does not exist
Ateos
What is agnostic?
I need evidence
I don’t believe anything without evidence (science)
Comes from observable phenomenon
What are Believers?
Gods definitely exist