it’s not likely that someone would do any type of fact checking. Furthermore,some news sources offer misinformationor leave any conflicting views out of their segments, so sticking to a single news source is a powerful example of confirmation bias. ...
To appreciate behavioral biases, we must rewind the tape of human evolution. These biases emerged assurvival mechanisms in our distant ancestors. Take, for instance, the confirmation bias—a tendency to seek information that confirms our existing beliefs. In the context of early humans, this bias ...
For example, an age-related paradox is observed in relation to prospective memory and older adults, where older adults are impaired on laboratory-based prospective memory tasks, but perform better than younger adults on naturalistic tasks (Schnitzspahn, Ihle, Henry, Rendell, & Kliegel, 2011). ...
It’s about leading by example and educating others.My next thing is to focus on advocating for sustainable actions, starting small via our Community Garden with about 100 members. If we can raise awareness on one action each month, just focus on one thing and get that working, then work ...
For example, there’s a road called Hudson Street in Chinatown that was demolished to build one of the highways and you can still see on some of the buildings that got built up after, the outlines of the houses that used to be there, the rowhouses on the brick. That was where we ...
Mae responds to this with a look of agreement, as if to say, “oh, of course we want to keep children safe.” In this example, the co-worker didn’t have any hard evidence that this program will work, rather she is suggesting that they’re going to try to pay the physical cost ...
Another example of this is whenEmma Thompson spoke outon social media about how the U.K. needs to house more refugees, and in not doing so, the U.K. is racist. However, similar to other British citizens who share this stance, Thompson has not been seen housing any refugees in her own...