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Module 2
Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
Term | Definition |
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Hindsight Bias | The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it. (Also known as the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon.) |
Critical Thinking | Thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions. |
Culture | The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next. |
Informed Consent | An ethical principle that research participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate. |
Debriefing | The postexperimental explanation of a study, including its purpose and any deceptions, to its participants. |