Dunning kruger effect - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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heuristics : mental shortcuts, one thing affects how we view a much larger thing Dangers: • Avoids the depth of an equation • could be persuaded by framing (the story) rather than the actual data false equivalency : a logical fallacy in which two opposing arguments appear to be logically equivalent when in fact they are not - One interview is with a geologist who represents 97% of scientists who claim global warming is at least partly caused by human behavior and one alternative ...

Primary groups friends and family Secondary groups social media connections, support groups, project groups, etc. Dunning-Kruger Effect Americans have a common tendency to to overestimate their communication abilities Myths of Communication: 1. Communication is a cure-all 2. Communication can break down 3. Effective communication is merely skill-building 4. Effective communication is just common sense Hindsight bias the "I already knew it" tendency

Which of the following best describes why surveys might be problematic relative to other methods to gather information about people? a. People are incentivized to go through the survey quickly. b. There are incentives to misreport or lie out of social desirability concerns. c. People might misunderstand the survey. b. None of the above : b Disinformation is best described as: a. Non-news b. News masquerading as non-news c. Information that is deliberately false and presented as new...

Psychic numbing is the idea that: : When catastrophic events occur, compassion plateaus or decreases as the number of people hurt/killed increases. The Dunning-Kruger Effect describes a phenomenon where: : Relatively incompetent people fail to recognize their own incompetence. Allison believes that she is good at processing basic numerical concepts and assessing probability. Which concept does this best represent? : Subjective numeracy Disinformation is different from misinformation be...

Psychic numbing is the idea that: - When catastrophic events occur, compassion plateaus or decreases as the number of people hurt/killed increases. The Dunning-Kruger Effect describes a phenomenon where: - Relatively incompetent people fail to recognize their own incompetence. Allison believes that she is good at processing basic numerical concepts and assessing probability. Which concept does this best represent? - Subjective numeracy

WGU D265 Updated Latest Version Critical Thinking Reason and Evidence 100% CORRECT Smith is committed to the belief that technological advancement is always beneficial and thus never detrimental to human life. Smith reads a carefully written and sufficiently argued essay in which the author contends that the human adoption of any new technology involves both advantages and disadvantages to its adopters. Since Smith is a loyal technophile, Smith accepts the author's claims about the advan...

Confirmation Bias a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence How to Identify Sources of bias Incomplete information intentional deception influence from past personal experience intentional persuasion to strengthen a position common types of cognitive biases - Bandwagon - Anchoring - The Dunning-Kruger Effect - The Sunk Cost Fallacy Bias - Optimism and Pessimism Bias - The Framing Effect Bias - Confirmation B...

Confirmation Bias a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence How to Identify Sources of bias Incomplete information intentional deception influence from past personal experience intentional persuasion to strengthen a position common types of cognitive biases - Bandwagon - Anchoring - The Dunning-Kruger Effect - The Sunk Cost Fallacy Bias - Optimism and Pessimism Bias - The Framing Effect Bias - C...