Question

Question 1

What is confirmation bias?

The tendency to look for hits and ignore the misses

The tendency to look for misses and ignore the hits

The tendency to look for information contrary to your theory

The tendency to remember ways your theory doesn't work

Flag this Question

Question 2

The reasons so many people believe in astrology is that it really works.

True

False

Flag this Question

Question 3

Astrology relies on a cognitive illusion created by general predictions and the confirmation bias.

True

False

Flag this Question

Question 4

Cold reading is the art of giving general predictions based on what you observe in a person or a group of people.

True

False

Flag this Question

Question 5

Psychics use many linguistic tricks to convince people they "know things" or are in contact with the dead.

True

False

Answer 1

1.Option A)

The tendency to look for hits and ignore the misses.Confirmation Bias is the tendency to look for information that fits in or proves existing beliefs or theories.

2.False

People may believe in astrology for various reasons but mostly revolves around the need to understand our own psyche and easily become suspectible to cognitive biases.

3.True

Most astrological predictions are just general, but our confirmation bias makes us look for even the slightest information as evidence of the prediction being true or by becoming a cycle of self fulfilling prophecy.

4.True

General highly probable predictions are made and believed by people due tobthe Barnum or Forer effect

5.True

They choose their words carefully implying a general statement, the listener interprets it to be specific according to his own beliefs and biases.