M1L1 Introducing to Psychological Science

the scientific study of behavior and mental processes of human and animals

• psychology
• hindsight bias
• confirmation bias
• cultural norms

A series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.

• scientific method
• overconfidence
• cultural norms
• psychology

the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it

• hindsight bias
• confirmation bias
• psychology
• scientific method

the tendency to be more confident than correct—to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments.

• overconfidence
• cultural norms
• scientific method
• hindsight bias

a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence

• confirmation bias
• psychology
• hindsight bias
• overconfidence

the shared expectations, rules, and behavioral standards that guide the actions and interactions of individuals within a particular society or group. affect our behavior and mental processes.

• cultural norms
• scientific method
• overconfidence
• confirmation bias