Before this class, I already knew that psychology had something to do with the study of the mind and how people interact with others around them. I didn't know how much was involved with psychology until after I read the first chapter. I figured psychology was all about therapists and their patients. If you had a problem in your life, you would go to a therapist and they would ask you a bunch of questions and try to figure out what was wrong with you and the way you think. After reading this first chapter, I found out that psychology is a form of science that goes much deeper than that.
I believe psychology affects everyone's life in some way. We all have emotions and express them in different ways.
One of the things in the chapter that really interested me was the part about Hindsight Bias. In the reading, the definition of Hindsight Bias is a tendency that once something has happened, it automatically makes it inevitable. This basically means that when you look back on an event that already happened in your life, you think it is obvious that everything happened as it did. This happens so often in everyone's life.
Another thing that i found interesting was the section that talked about illusory correlations. When people find an occurrence unusual, they are more likely to remember it. This apparently feeds the fire for superstitious beliefs because people recall out-of-the-ordinary events. Once enough people start noticing the same unlikely events occurring, they all begin to believe that such things are true.
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I think Hindsight Bias is interesting too. You always hear people say everything happens for a reason because it is inevitable. I look back on events that happen to me and ask, could I have changed this or done something different? I guess we'll never know.
ReplyDeleteIllusory correlations was really interesting to learn about. I know I always tend to remember crazy, unique events rather than the boring events that happen everyday. Good point!
ReplyDeleteI like how you said something to the effect that people remember unusual occurances. This is so true because chances are people will remember details of unordinary things compared to an ordinary happening. I like this.
ReplyDeleteI agreed completely on what you thought psych was before we read the chapter. I thought it was all about therapists and questions. I also agree that we remember unusual events. It makes sense.
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