http://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/09859336497580798442/notebooks/BDRzpIgoQ6qaspO4h2008-06-25T05:51:02.048ZGlossary of selected Judgement and Decision-making, Belief-related, and other Psychology termsGoogle Notebook1110http://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/09859336497580798442/notebooks/BDRzpIgoQ6qaspO4h/NDSdfIgoQhea6pO4h2006-11-14T03:42:07.109Z2008-06-25T05:51:02.048Z<div> </div> <div><span><font color="#ff4040"><font color="#ff0000"><em>Neutral-evidence principle</em></font></font></span></div> <div><span><font color="#ff4040"><font color="#ff0000"><em><font face="Verdana" color="#60bf00"><font color="#ff0000">Neutral evidence should not strengthen belief</font></font></em>.  Such <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQNsIgoQ6szzt_Mh"><font color="#990000">evidence</font></a> being equally consistent with as well as  the opposite of a <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQqFIwoQ4dfEt_Mh"><font color="#990000">belief</font></a>. This might consist of mixed evidence, that is, some evidence in favour of and equal evidence against the belief. There is a <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQqFIwoQoLP3vPIh"><font color="#990000">tendency</font></a> for people to <span><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQlbIgoQu9Kq_f8h"><span><font color="#990000">interpret</font></span></a></span> <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQRcIgoQ2eLk-Pch"><font color="#990000">ambiguous</font></a> evidence as <span><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQ5DIgoQiNu-mIMi"><span><font color="#990000">supporting</font></span></a></span> favoured beliefs (</font></font></span><span><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQzhIgoQ_JHQpO4h"><em><font color="#ff0000">Subjective Validation</font></em></a></span><span><font color="#ff4040"><font color="#ff0000">).</font></font></span></div> <div><span><font color="#ff4040"><font color="#ff0000"></font></font></span> </div> <div><span><font color="#ff4040"><font color="#ff0000">(see also: <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDSJLIgoQweb8ze4h"><font color="#cc0000">Belief perserverance</font></a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQiPSgoQ6qS2xvAh"><font color="#990000">Selective exposure</font></a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQ0HIwoQ8_Chpe4h"><font color="#990000">Diagnosticity</font></a>)</font></font></span></div> <div><span><font color="#ff4040"><font color="#ff0000"></font></font></span> </div> <div> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red">Back to:</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red"> </span></i><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQ2OIgoQnpe-uJki"><em><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#ff9933;font-family:Tahoma"><font color="#b45f06">Glossary A-C</font></span></b></em></a><font color="#b45f06"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red">, </span></i><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#ff9933;font-family:Tahoma"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDRhPIgoQmZTPsoci"><em><b><span style="color:#ff9933;font-family:Tahoma"><font color="#b45f06">Glossary D-H</font></span></b></em></a></span><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red">, </span></i><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#ff9933;font-family:Tahoma"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQtPIgoQyMrOsoci"><em><span style="color:#ff9933;font-family:Tahoma"><font color="#b45f06">Glossary I-P</font></span></em></a></span></b><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red">, </span></i><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#ff9933;font-family:Tahoma"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDRy4IgoQzJvOsoci"><em><span style="color:#ff9933;font-family:Tahoma"><font color="#b45f06">Glossary Q-S</font></span></em></a></span></b><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red"><font color="#b45f06">,</font> </span></i><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#ff9933;font-family:Tahoma"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQlbIgoQ0cGdiYci"><em><span style="color:#ff9933;font-family:Tahoma"><font color="#b45f06">Glossary T-Z</font></span></em></a></span></b></font><b><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red"></span></i></b></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#ff6600"><a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-uK4ZpvghfrI43fmUf6_mPYV2"><span style="color:#ff6600"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#b45f06">Glossary of selected Judgement &amp; Decision-making, Belief-related, and other Psychology terms A-Z »</font></span></a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#ff6600;font-family:Arial"></span></i></b></p></div> <div> </div> <div><span><font color="#ff4040"><font color="#ff0000"> <div><span><font color="#ff4040"><font color="#ff0000"><span><span><font color="#ff4040"><font color="#ff0000"><span><span><font color="#ff4040"><font color="#ff0000"><span><span><span><font color="#ff4040"><font color="#ff0000"><a href="http://au.blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-.FMiD883dLQMqPRiPt7374.4qsD7fK8gzLK8vTNolrsY"><font color="#33ccff">»</font></a><a href="http://au.blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-.FMiD883dLQMqPRiPt7374.4qsD7fK8gzLK8vTNolrsY"><span><font color="#33ccff"> </font></span><span><font color="#33cc00">Return to </font></span><span><font color="#009900">belief, judgement, and clear thinking</font></span><span><font color="#33ccff"> »</font></span></a></font></font></span></span></span></font></font></span></span></font></font></span></span></font></font></span></div></font></font></span></div> <div> </div>Glossary of selected Judgement and Decision-making, Belief-related, and other Psychology terms