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BEHV 3200.001Exam # 3 Study Guide Lectures: 24 Oct – 4 NovPersonal ExperienceWe are not perfect observers; we make cognitive and perceptual errorsPsychologists show that under specific circumstance, completely natural events can be observedas strange and bizarre. Strange phenomena will be experienced regardless of whether there are strange phenomena occurring. The Brain and Expectation- Errors extend beyond the perceptual. Our brain tries to make sense of stimulus. - Sometimes not all relevant information is present and we fill in gaps to create coherent experience.- Our brain will fill in gaps for us so that experience is consistent with expectationo When told to expect something, we experience as expected, not as things really are.- The brain has to be selectiveo We often miss very important details if the environment shifts quickly (change blindness)Deficits in MetacognitionKruger and Dunning (1999)- Least skilled students were likely to overestimate how well they would perform- Poor reasoning skills led to reduced accuracy and prevented students from seeing how inaccurate they wereInterpreting ExperienceWe are rarely aware of all the factors impacting our reasoning.The Left Brain InterpreterThe left brain interpreter is our running commentary on the world. It attempts to make sense of various experiences. It does make sense out of them, even if they don’t make sense to you. Personal ExperienceIf something feels right, it’s right. If it seems real, it’s real. We often want to trust our feelings and intuition . . . should we?Statistical ErrorWe are generally bad at statistics. Availability ErrorWe commit the availability error when we pass judgment based upon evidence that is memorable and vivid.Car vs Motorcycle deaths?Car 1/158 Motorcycle 1/1012Vending Machine vs Shark Attacks?Vending Machines 1/215 800 000 (more statistically realistic than a shark attack)The Four Card ExperimentConfirmation BiasThe tendency to look for information that produces agreement or confirmationEx: “Full Moon Effect” in hospital emergency roomsCorrelation versus CausationJust because situations co occur does not mean they are related We have to look at more than confirming evidence; misses and false alarms are important as well as hits and correct rejectionsFinding Patterns Where They Don’t ExistLorraine Pace: lived a healthy lifestyle, ate well, exercised often, but developed breast cancer; was certain that her healthy lifestyle should have made her exempt, made assumption that it was an external source that caused her cancer; instigated a large scale, expensive investigation into environmental factors and nothing was discoveredPatternicityType I Error – see signals that aren’t thereType II Error – ignores signals that are thereMisinformation EffectWhen people observe an event and later receive some misinformation about the eventLost in the Mall Effect- People presented with a false story (family members corroborate it’s false)- In several post-experiment interviews, people are asked about the false event- 10-30% of people will “remember” the false stories as realImagination Inflation- Thinking about or imagining what one might have done during a known false memory is sufficient for later recall of the event- Attaching a false memory to a visceral component gives it real feeling later and the person cannot tell the differenceWhat is your best argument for a causal relationship between your thoughts and intentions and your action?HumeHume noted that we can never really be sure A causes B, all we can be sure of is the perception that two things (A and B) go together. He noted that this was the case for our thoughts too. Libet“Readiness Potential”Potential Shift “I’m going to move” Observed Finger Movement 500 ms 250 ms 0 msA third of a second before we know we are going to move, our brain has already made the decision to move.Who’s making that decision?Will is experienced to the degree that an apparent causal path is inferred from thought to


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