RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
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psychological theories are simply reflections of researchers’ personal values
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psychological experiments are aritficial
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psychological theories and observations are merely common sense
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psychology is potentially dangerous
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hindsight bias most directly contributes to the perception that: Psychological theories and observations are merely common sense.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hindsight bias is our tendency to look back at an event that we could not predict at the time and think the outcome was easily predictable. It is also called the ‘knew-it-all-along’ effect.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to new research, hindsight bias–the way our impression of how we acted or would have acted changes when we learn the outcome of an event–is actually a by-product of a cognitive mechanism that allows us to unclutter our minds by discarding inaccurate information and embracing that which is correct.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hindsight bias is a psychological phenomenon in which one becomes convinced they accurately predicted an event before it occurred. It causes overconfidence in one’s ability to predict other future events and may lead to unnecessary risks.