RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION
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a predisposition to a certain point of view despite what the facts suggest
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believing the facts, despite one’s opinion
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listening to opinions of politicians
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believing in childhood myths
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bias is a disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing, usually in a way that is closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair. Biases can be innate or learned. People may develop biases for or against an individual, a group, or a belief. In science and engineering, a bias is a systematic error.
Detailed explanation-2: -bias. the term for a predisposition to a certain point of view, despite what the facts may suggest.
Detailed explanation-3: -A systematic distortion of the relationship between a treatment, risk factor or exposure and clinical outcomes is denoted by the term ‘bias’. Three types of bias can be distinguished: information bias, selection bias, and confounding.
Detailed explanation-4: -Example. An example is reporting of alcohol intake among young adults as drinking is influenced by perceptions of how much their peers drink. These perceptions are often wrong and overestimate drinking norms (Foxcroft et al.