Pseudoscience
A broad statement about who someone is.
Generalization
A well-substantiated explanation of
some aspect of the natural world confirmed
through repeated observation and
experimentation
A theory
Seeking data to support the belief you already hold and ignoring other data
What is Confirmation bias
Generalization
What is Psychology?
Scientific study of the mind, brain, and behavior.
What is an Ad Hoc immunizing hypothesis
a hypothesis that prevents itself from being falsified
What is the first step of the scientific method
Observations or relying on existing theories
What is hindsight bias
Oh! I knew that!
Believing that you've always known something was true after leaning it
Laura as a six-year-old thinks she knows how the world works.
What is this?
Naive Realism
My new hair gel is proven to help hair grow thicker.
What is the warning sign of pseudoscience in this statement?
"Proven"
What are Ad Hoc's used for?
A loophole to defend a pseudoscientific theory from falsification
This is the third step of the scientific method
What is conducting an experiment?
What is belief perseverance?
You are not likely to change your beliefs even in the face of evidence
Inertia
I see now that you weren't the person I was feeling in the audience, that's why my reading didn't seem to work.
What is this an example of?
Ad Hoc Immunizing Hypothesis
The belief that we see the world as it truly is
What is Naive Realism?
Colors (reminder)
You have a daydream about your friend winning the Lottery. Later that week, your friend wins the Powerball. You now believe you have the power to manifest winning the lottery, and spend all your money buying lottery tickets. Only to lose it all. What is this?
Apophenia (Opportunity cost)
Why is pseudoscience dangerous
Opportunity cost, Direct harm, and interferes with our ability to think scientifically
On Dr. Conlon's first test I did so good and my studying was super effective, but on his second test I think he just didn't explain it well enough
What is the self-serving bias
In class, Dr. Conlon showed a video of what song played backwards to show an example of auditory parcidolia?
Stairway to heaven
Although the leading scientific theory says otherwise, amazing new innovations in auditory-visual hallucinational therapy have shown drastic improvements in cognito-behavioral temporalis learning.
What are the three warning signs in this statement that tell you it's probably pseudoscience.
Put's down scientists, "amazing" and "drastic", and technical language that makes no sense
What is Pareidolia and what is an example of it?
Seeing images or hearing things where there are not
Cloud watching, abstract art, etc.
What is the singular version of data
Datum
Looking back, I think when I always knew that I was the most perfect human being ever, and now that I'm doing research, everything I've found supports that.
Two types of bias
Hindsight and confirmation
Jimmy thinks that the scratch marks his cat left on the wall make the face of a demonic entity that he saw in his dreams last night. What is this an example of?
Pareidolia
You see someone online describing what Leo's are like in astrology. It is so spot on to what you are like. It must be true. What is this called?
Barnum Effect