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Module 2
Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/08/2010
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hindsight bias
 Definition
the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome that one would have foreseen it
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overconfidence
 Definition
the tendency of humans to believe that they know more than they actually do
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critical thinking
 Definition
examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, assesses conclusions
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culture
 Definition
enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next
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scientific attitude
 Definition
curiosity, skepticism, humility
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