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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.
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Theory-dependence observation (TDO), also known as conformation bias, is a tendency to put emphasis on observations that corroborate our theories and avoid or add auxiliary theories to observations that contradict our theories.
  
 
[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.
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important research that people tend to stick to evidence that supports their theory<ref>Kuhn Deanna, Children and adults as intuitive scientists. Psychological Review, Vol 96(4), Oct 1989, 674-689.</ref>
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[[vmPFC]] and [[PFC|dmPFC]] may be involved in TDO<ref>[http://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2018/08/13/JNEUROSCI.0266-18.2018 Journal of Neuroscience 13 August 2018, 0266-18; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0266-18.2018 ]</ref>.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias Confirmation bias]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias Confirmation bias]
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* 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.
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* [[Shaping theory to adapt to reality]]
  
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==Refernces==
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[[category: psychology]]
 
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[[category: decision making]]
 
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Latest revision as of 09:23, 14 August 2018

Theory-dependence observation (TDO), also known as conformation bias, is a tendency to put emphasis 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 people tend to stick to evidence that supports their theory[1]

vmPFC and dmPFC may be involved in TDO[2].

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.
  • Shaping theory to adapt to reality

Refernces

  1. Kuhn Deanna, Children and adults as intuitive scientists. Psychological Review, Vol 96(4), Oct 1989, 674-689.
  2. Journal of Neuroscience 13 August 2018, 0266-18; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0266-18.2018