Sunday, September 12, 2010
Chapter One
Throughout chapter one i have learned a lot more about psychology that I had no clue about before. For example I learned that Apophenia means that you try to relate things that happen to some specific reason, like if you itched your nose and then someone texts you saying that they were tinking about you. Usually people say that if your nose itches then it means someone is thinking about you but in fact it is just coincidence. Then Pareidolia means to look at things and make shapes out of them or make them out to be a shape of importance, for example you look at a cloud and it looks like a face. I have also learned more about Metaphysics and Pseudoscience. Also, I know more about confirmation bias and how those come into play with real life situations. Those are a few things that I learned about in chapter one.
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Good start - can you provide some specific examples for the last terms you mention OR find an article or other resource demonstrating one of these concepts? Thanks, Chelsea, I look forward to an update! :) Ms. O
ReplyDeleteI really thought the apophenia part was very interesing cause the whole nose things i totally believed! I like tha part as well.
ReplyDeleteMetaphysical claims are statements about things in the world that we can't test for example God.Pseudoscience is when there are claims that really sound scinetific but they actually aren't, like ESP or haunted houses.
ReplyDeleteHey! Thanks, Chelsea. Glad you're reading the comments! :)
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