Educational Psychology / Unit 2 EDP 0102 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Confirmation Bias
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The idea
Personal inquiry, learning from experience and from what others agree on, is unreliable because of confirmation bias: seeking evidence we are right and ignoring the rest.
In practice
A teacher sure that Monday lessons go badly notices every rough Monday and forgets the smooth ones.
Where people slip
We tend to see what we already believe, which is why science tests claims instead of trusting impressions.
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