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[http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/i-only-hear-what-i-want-hear-and-so-do-you Good article from the blog of the world bank about TDO], with two references to articles. | [http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/i-only-hear-what-i-want-hear-and-so-do-you Good article from the blog of the world bank about TDO], with two references to articles. | ||
| + | important research that's how that people tend to stick to evidance that support their theory<ref>Kuhn Deanna, Children and adults as intuitive scientists. Psychological Review, Vol 96(4), Oct 1989, 674-689.</ref> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias Confirmation bias] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias Confirmation bias] | ||
* The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_heuristic affect heuristic] is a heuristic, a mental shortcut that allows people to make decisions and solve problems quickly and efficiently, in which current emotion—fear, pleasure, surprise, etc.—influences decisions. In other words, it is a type of heuristic in which emotional response, or "affect" in psychological terms, plays a lead role. In this case the emotion is the theory that leads to the decision. | * The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_heuristic affect heuristic] is a heuristic, a mental shortcut that allows people to make decisions and solve problems quickly and efficiently, in which current emotion—fear, pleasure, surprise, etc.—influences decisions. In other words, it is a type of heuristic in which emotional response, or "affect" in psychological terms, plays a lead role. In this case the emotion is the theory that leads to the decision. | ||
| + | ==Refernces== | ||
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[[category: psychology]] | [[category: psychology]] | ||
[[category: decision making]] | [[category: decision making]] | ||
Revision as of 13:30, 15 July 2013
Theory dependence observation (TDO),also known as conformation bias, is a tendency to put emphesiess on observations that corroborate our theories and avoid or add auxiliary theories to observations that contradict our theories.
Good article from the blog of the world bank about TDO, with two references to articles.
important research that's how that people tend to stick to evidance that support their theory[1]
See Also
- Confirmation bias
- The affect heuristic is a heuristic, a mental shortcut that allows people to make decisions and solve problems quickly and efficiently, in which current emotion—fear, pleasure, surprise, etc.—influences decisions. In other words, it is a type of heuristic in which emotional response, or "affect" in psychological terms, plays a lead role. In this case the emotion is the theory that leads to the decision.
Refernces
- ↑ Kuhn Deanna, Children and adults as intuitive scientists. Psychological Review, Vol 96(4), Oct 1989, 674-689.