Psycholgy Flashcards
The Law of Small Number
Extremes outcome are most likely to found in small than in large samples.
Result of large sample deserves more trust than small sample.
We don’t pay sufficient attention to sample size.
People are not adequately sensitive to sample size.
Our mind on story rather than reliability of result of story.
We are pattern seekers believers in coherent world.
When something happen regularly we believe it’s because of some mechanical pattern or intentional behaviours instead of random events.
Sometimes sample of observation is too small to make any inferences.
We r prone to exaggerate the consistency and coherence of what we see.
WYSIATAI
Info that is not retrieved from memory or might not available on paper might not exist.(belief)
Jumping to conclusions on basis of limited edition.
Psychological denial
Reality is too painful to bear so we sent it untill it’s bearable.
Consistent and commitment rendency
Human mind is lot like a human egg