CT2.0 » Confirmation Bias http://inquiry.mcdaniel.edu Archive of examples of reasoning for use in Critical Thinking classrooms Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:19:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Sensation & Perception – OpIvy http://inquiry.mcdaniel.edu/blog/2011/05/12/sensation-perception-opivy/ http://inquiry.mcdaniel.edu/blog/2011/05/12/sensation-perception-opivy/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 11:40:01 +0000 admin http://inquiry.mcdaniel.edu/?p=3855

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/.

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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/.

 

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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/.

 

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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/.

 

]]> http://inquiry.mcdaniel.edu/blog/2011/05/04/sensation-perception-demo-the-clash/feed/ 1 Sensation & Perception test – R.E.M. Lyrics http://inquiry.mcdaniel.edu/blog/2011/05/03/sensation-perception-test-r-e-m-lyrics/ http://inquiry.mcdaniel.edu/blog/2011/05/03/sensation-perception-test-r-e-m-lyrics/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 21:35:37 +0000 admin http://inquiry.mcdaniel.edu/?p=3568

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/.

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