Archive for Confirmation Bias

Sensation & Perception – OpIvy

Sensation & Perception – OpIvy

May 12, 2011 No Comments

This is an update to a classroom demonstration that is a classic of cognitive psychology. We present a short clip from an ambiguous song first without visual lyrics, and then with. We then ask the observer to rate their confidence that the lyrics they read matched the lyrics they heard. Any given observer has a 50-50 chance of getting the ‘correct’ lyrics (from the album insert) or lyrics from http://www.kissthisguy.com/.

Sensation & Perception – The Ramones

Sensation & Perception – The Ramones

May 4, 2011 No Comments

This is an update to a classroom demonstration that is a classic of cognitive psychology. We present a short clip from an ambiguous song first without visual lyrics, and then with. We then ask the observer to rate their confidence that the lyrics they read matched the lyrics they heard. Any given observer has a 50-50 chance of getting the ‘correct’ lyrics (from the album insert) or lyrics from http://www.kissthisguy.com/.

Sensation & Perception – The Stones

Sensation & Perception – The Stones

May 4, 2011 No Comments

This is an update to a classroom demonstration that is a classic of cognitive psychology. We present a short clip from an ambiguous song first without visual lyrics, and then with. We then ask the observer to rate their confidence that the lyrics they read matched the lyrics they heard. Any given observer has a 50-50 chance of getting the ‘correct’ lyrics (from the album insert) or lyrics from http://www.kissthisguy.com/.

Sensation & Perception demo – The Clash

Sensation & Perception demo – The Clash

May 4, 2011 1 Comment

This is an update to a classroom demonstration that is a classic of cognitive psychology. We present a short clip from an ambiguous song first without visual lyrics, and then with. We then ask the observer to rate their confidence that the lyrics they read matched the lyrics they heard. Any given observer has a 50-50 chance of getting the ‘correct’ lyrics (from the album insert) or lyrics from http://www.kissthisguy.com/.

Sensation & Perception test – R.E.M. Lyrics

Sensation & Perception test – R.E.M. Lyrics

May 3, 2011 1 Comment

This is an update to a classroom demonstration that is a classic of cognitive psychology. We present a short clip from an ambiguous song first without visual lyrics, and then with. We then ask the observer to rate their confidence that the lyrics they read matched the lyrics they heard. Any given observer has a 50-50 chance of getting the ‘correct’ lyrics (from the album insert) or lyrics from http://www.kissthisguy.com/.

Simple Truth Table – XOR

A simple interactive truth table for the exclusive or: either or and not both, or 'X-Or'. The symbol, as...

Simple Truth Table – Peirce Stroke

A simple interactive truth table for the Peirce stroke, or 'Not-Or'.

Simple Truth Table – Sheffer Stroke

A simple interactive truth table for the Sheffer stroke, or 'Not-And'.

Truth Table for Dilemma

A simple interactive truth table for proving the validity of the Dilemma.

Truth Tables for Fallacious Disjunctive Syllogism

A simple interactive truth table for proving the invalidity of the two different fallacious forms of argumentation that look...

Truth Tables for Disjunctive Syllogism

A simple interactive truth table for proving the validity of the two different forms of Disjunctive Syllogism:

Truth Table for Hypothetical Syllogism

A simple interactive truth table for proving the validity of Hypothetical Syllogism

Simple Truth Table – Biconditional

A simple interactive truth table for conjunction. Click ‘start’, then click...

Simple Truth Table – Conditional

A simple interactive truth table for conjunction. Click ‘start’, then click...

Simple Truth Table – Disjunction

A simple interactive truth table for conjunction. Click ‘start’, then click...

Simple Truth Table – Conjunction

A simple interactive truth table for conjunction. Click ‘start’, then click...

Simple Truth Table – Negation

A simple interactive truth table for negation.

Truth Table for Affirming the Consequent

A simple interactive truth table for proving the validity of Affirming the Consequent

Truth Table for Denying the Antecedent

A simple interactive truth table for proving the validity of Denying The Antecedent