CHP. 2 - Sources of Info

Question 1

Unreliable sources of info

Answer 1

1. Intuition
2. Experience
3. Authority

Question 2

Experience vs. Empirical Research

Answer 2

1. Has no comparison groups
2. Confounded by too many variables
3. Difficult to isolate variables

Question 3

Intuition vs. Empirical Research

Answer 3

Subject to bias

Question 4

Availability Heuristic

Answer 4

Bias that results from what comes to mind easily or most quickly

Question 5

Present/Present Bias

Answer 5

We often ignore the absence of something
- we fail to think about what we can’t see

Question 6

Confirmation Bias

Answer 6

Bias is which preconceived notions leads to “cherry picking”
- we focus on info that agrees with our beliefs

Question 7

Bias Blind Spot

Answer 7

We are biased about being biased
- we think we’re not biased but we don’t know what we’er biased about

Question 8

Authority vs. Empirical Research

Answer 8

Just because someone has an advanced degree doesn’t mean they can automatically be trusted

Question 9

Review Article

Answer 9

Narrative description of all research on a particular topic in the scientific literature

Question 10

Meta-Analysis

Answer 10

Scientists use stat techniques to calculate a weighted effect size for a particular relationship between 2 variables.