Explain how a persons intuition can lead to overconfidence

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Assignment:

1. Explain how a person's intuition can lead to overconfidence and sometimes be wrong leading to hindsight bias.

2. Analyze how scientific inquiry aids people in understanding psychology, aka (also know as) the study of our minds.

3. Explain how the scientific method works hand in hand by utilizing an example that expresses a clear and common language in order so that YOU can think better. a. Question and a theory, b hypothesis, testable prediction, c. test with a replicable experiment.

4. Draw conclusions as to why is it important to have case studies when formulating a hypothesis.

5. Clarify why the naturalistic observation approach to describing one's behaviour is key to the understanding of the person's psychology.

6. Explain the limitations of the research of Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956) which used surveys to access a person's consciously held attitudes and beliefs. Include how his work could have sampling bias attached to it.

7. How can a psychologist use random sampling in understanding how certain traits or behaviours are related to each other?

8. Clarify the reasons why a psychologist would run an experiment.

9. Explain the differences between a control group and experimental group. Include how the use of a placebo can be used to analyze data.

10. Draw conclusions as to how bias can ruin an experiment.

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