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Chapter 11
Challenging Dubious Beliefs: The Role of Social Science
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
12/15/2013

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never
Definition
The underlying causes of faulty reasoning and erroneous beliefs will _____ be eliminated.
Term
develop habits of mind.
Definition
In order to avoid erroneous beliefs it is necessary that we develop ____ that can shore up various deficiencies in our everyday interferential abilities.
Term
incomplete and unrepresentative evidence.
Definition
The most general and most important mental habit to instill is an appreciation of the folly of trying to draw conclusions from ____.
Term
most elusive information
Definition
Dig up the _____.
Term
"consider the opposite"
Definition
Develop the habit of employing one of several _____ strategies. EX: "What alternative theory could account of it?"
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remote
Definition
Consider the possibility that info. that comes to us from others may be more ____ than it first appears.
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widely shared
Definition
Question whether our beliefs are really as ____ as they appear.
Term
scientific enterprise
Definition
Greater familiarity with the _____ should help to promote the habits of mind necessary to think clearly about evidence and to steer clear of dubious beliefs.
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"Probabilistic"
Definition
Exposure to the _____ sciences may be more effective than experience with the "deterministic" sciences in teaching people how to evaluate adequately the kind of messy phenomena that are often encountered in everyday life.
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