Methods in Psychology - Thinking Critically About Evidence

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What does the book mean when it says that 'We see what we expect to see?'

Our pre-existing beliefs, preferences, aversions, dreams, ambitions etc. Colour our view and understanding of new evidence

Our beliefs, preferences, etc change how we view new evidence because we hold different kinds of evidence to different ______ and our beliefs influence which evidence we _____

standards; consider

Our beliefs influence the evidence we consider because:
a) We surround ourselves with _________
b) When we do research we ____ when we find evidence that agrees with us, but ___ when we find evidence that disagrees with us

social circles that confirm our beliefs; stop looking;
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What does Francis Bacon say are the two enemies of critical thinking?

Because we tend to see what we expect/want to see and we often don't consider what we don't see

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