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Search this website...		November 6, 2009
Glossary of selected Judgement and Decision-making, Belief-related, and other Psychology terms A-Z		November 6, 2009
What this website might do and what it DOESN'T do...		November 6, 2009
please bear in mind		November 6, 2009
Reader Feedback		November 6, 2009
topics (miscellaneous)		November 6, 2009
Belief and bias		November 6, 2009
'Ticking Bomb' scenario		November 6, 2009
Cold Reading		November 6, 2009
Decisions – some questions probing ethical dimensions of		November 6, 2009
Probabilistic principle		November 5, 2009
History		November 5, 2009
Base rate fallacy or base rate neglect		November 5, 2009
Bayes' theorem		November 5, 2009
Criteria for adequacy of dimensions of a decision problem		November 4, 2009
decision analysis		November 4, 2009
Prior probability (base rate)		November 4, 2009
Diagnosticity		November 4, 2009
Calibration of judgement		November 3, 2009
Probability		November 3, 2009
Laws of Probability » Probability theory » Statistics		November 3, 2009
intention » intentionality		November 2, 2009
counter-argument		November 2, 2009
opportunity costs		November 2, 2009
Post hoc reasoning		October 30, 2009
learning		October 29, 2009
Test		October 29, 2009
euphemism		October 29, 2009
experience		October 29, 2009
special creationism		October 29, 2009
superstition		October 29, 2009
context		October 29, 2009
adaptive value		October 28, 2009
alternative explanations		October 28, 2009
pattern		October 28, 2009
behavioural traps		October 28, 2009
social theories		October 27, 2009
presupposition		October 27, 2009
perception » sensory		October 27, 2009
Expectation		October 27, 2009
Selective Attention » perceptual blindness		October 27, 2009
Observer effect»Observer bias		October 26, 2009
falsifiability » falsification		October 25, 2009
Bystander effect		October 25, 2009
coherence		October 23, 2009
accommodation		October 23, 2009
abstract » concrete		October 23, 2009
anecdotal evidence		October 23, 2009
cocktail party effect		October 23, 2009
benefit		October 23, 2009
Representative		October 23, 2009
bias		October 22, 2009
belief		October 22, 2009
game theory		October 22, 2009
Dilution effect		October 22, 2009
Criterion		October 22, 2009
measure » measurement		October 22, 2009
JFK assassination		October 22, 2009
Groupthink		October 22, 2009
analogy		October 21, 2009
need		October 20, 2009
argument		October 20, 2009
ethics		October 20, 2009
overgeneralization		October 20, 2009
domino theory		October 20, 2009
generalizability » generalization		October 20, 2009
Halo effect		October 19, 2009
suggestion		October 19, 2009
unwarranted confidence		October 19, 2009
phenomenon		October 18, 2009
conspiratorial or conspiracist thinking (paranoid conspiracy theories)		October 18, 2009
Distinguishing Science and Pseudo-science		October 18, 2009
Shroud of Turin		October 18, 2009
allegory		October 16, 2009
error		October 16, 2009
Reconstructive memory and biases		October 16, 2009
ideology		October 16, 2009
attention		October 16, 2009
The Internet (World Wide Web) and people’s opportunity to find – and the problem posed as a result		October 15, 2009
Type 1 and Type 2 errors		October 15, 2009
expert opinion (further discussion)		October 15, 2009
Fundamental attribution error		October 15, 2009
reporting the news		October 14, 2009
Internet and information		October 13, 2009
fairness principle		October 13, 2009
prediction		October 13, 2009
goal		October 11, 2009
hyperbole		October 11, 2009
honesty		October 11, 2009
bounded rationality		October 11, 2009
redundancy		October 11, 2009
(Hidden) Assumptions		October 11, 2009
Framing		October 11, 2009
self-fulfilling prophesy		October 9, 2009
demographic		October 8, 2009
dynamics		October 8, 2009
irony		October 8, 2009
innuendo		October 8, 2009
philosophy»philosophical		October 8, 2009
conditional proposition		October 8, 2009
definition		October 6, 2009
graphology		October 6, 2009
dimension		October 5, 2009
dispute		October 5, 2009
inference » induction		October 5, 2009
selection		October 5, 2009
faith (religious)		October 5, 2009
ESP (extra-sensory perception) » prophesy		October 4, 2009
supernatural		October 4, 2009
Contiguity		October 4, 2009
factor		October 2, 2009
Convergence		October 2, 2009
knowledgeable		October 2, 2009
social		October 1, 2009
systematic		October 1, 2009
volunteer bias		October 1, 2009
volunteer		October 1, 2009
utility		October 1, 2009
valence		October 1, 2009
erroneous		September 30, 2009
Five perennial pitfalls		September 30, 2009
metacognitive shortfall		September 30, 2009
cognition		September 30, 2009
clinical		September 30, 2009
clarity of thinking		September 30, 2009
characteristics		September 30, 2009
Predicate thinking		September 30, 2009
quantification		September 28, 2009
quantity		September 28, 2009
the principle of Natural Selection		September 28, 2009
genetic recombination		September 28, 2009
evolution		September 28, 2009
Verbal dispute or disagreement		September 27, 2009
rationale		September 27, 2009
reasons		September 27, 2009
external		September 27, 2009
random		September 27, 2009
social proof		September 27, 2009
Silly Sausages in Search of a Barbeque		September 27, 2009
figures of speech		September 24, 2009
believers		September 24, 2009
setting		September 24, 2009
sarcasm		September 23, 2009
standard deviation		September 23, 2009
(mental) set		September 23, 2009
subject		September 23, 2009
schema		September 23, 2009
method		September 21, 2009
efficacy		September 21, 2009
placebo		September 21, 2009
therapy		September 21, 2009
Primacy effect		September 21, 2009
refutation		September 21, 2009
scepticism - openminded		September 21, 2009
sound»soundness		September 20, 2009
observation		September 20, 2009
co-variation		September 20, 2009
control		September 20, 2009
intervention		September 20, 2009
self-selection (selection bias)		September 18, 2009
skill		September 18, 2009
Confirmation bias		September 18, 2009
scientific approach		September 18, 2009
Conjunction fallacy		September 17, 2009
relativism		September 17, 2009
burden of proof		September 17, 2009
Postmodernism		September 16, 2009
potential benefits		September 16, 2009
misplaced consistency		September 16, 2009
Prior Entry effect		September 16, 2009
disposition		September 16, 2009
language		September 15, 2009
chance		September 14, 2009
effectiveness		September 14, 2009
polygraph » so-called 'lie detector'		September 14, 2009
arousal		September 14, 2009
Implication		September 10, 2009
Illusory correlation		September 10, 2009
Illusion of control		September 10, 2009
ideomotor effect » ideomotor action		September 10, 2009
position		September 10, 2009
weasel words		September 10, 2009
projective tests		September 10, 2009
Forer (Barnum) effect » fallacy of personal validation		September 10, 2009
profiling		September 10, 2009
basic questions		September 9, 2009
argument stopper		September 9, 2009
ambiguous		September 9, 2009
vagueness		September 9, 2009
true » truth		September 9, 2009
Trustworthiness		September 9, 2009
purpose		September 9, 2009
quality of evidence		September 9, 2009
psychology»psychological		September 9, 2009
probative value		September 9, 2009
Post hoc ergo propter hoc		September 8, 2009
priming		September 8, 2009
value » values		September 8, 2009
domain		September 8, 2009
public relations		September 8, 2009
Underestimating co-incidence		September 8, 2009
personal experience		September 7, 2009
policy		September 7, 2009
metaphor		September 7, 2009
expert testimony		September 7, 2009
fairness		September 7, 2009
effect		September 6, 2009
study		September 6, 2009
statistical analysis		September 6, 2009
proposition		September 6, 2009
imply		September 6, 2009
principle		September 6, 2009
symbol » symbolize		September 4, 2009
statistical reasoning		September 4, 2009
statistical independence		September 4, 2009
statistic		September 4, 2009
statistical decision-making		September 4, 2009
trait		September 4, 2009
syllogism		September 4, 2009
theory (scientific)		September 3, 2009
Fallacy		September 3, 2009
premise » premises		September 3, 2009
topical incompleteness		September 2, 2009
claim		September 2, 2009
challenge		September 2, 2009
confirmation		September 2, 2009
evidence		September 2, 2009
viability		September 1, 2009
Research methods – Scientific or Empirical		September 1, 2009
variability		September 1, 2009
construct		September 1, 2009
verification		August 31, 2009
Whitechapel murders » 'Jack the Ripper'		August 31, 2009
replication		August 31, 2009
express		August 31, 2009
Extra costs error		August 31, 2009
Studies – Scientific or Empirical		August 31, 2009
critical thinking		August 30, 2009
regressive fallacy		August 30, 2009
predisposition		August 28, 2009
preconception		August 28, 2009
presumption		August 28, 2009
simile		August 28, 2009
attitude		August 28, 2009
misleading statistics		August 28, 2009
process		August 28, 2009
Diffusion of responsibility		August 27, 2009
doctrine » dogma		August 27, 2009
statistical evidence		August 25, 2009
experimental question or research question		August 25, 2009
self-correction		August 25, 2009
Darwinism		August 24, 2009
denying the antecedent		August 24, 2009
demand characteristics		August 24, 2009
proof»prove		August 24, 2009
scientific methodology		August 24, 2009
keys to clear-headed argument		August 23, 2009
Some starting points for evaluating published research		August 23, 2009
fact		August 23, 2009
Contributory»Necessary»Sufficient cause		August 20, 2009
means		August 20, 2009
actor		August 20, 2009
moral » morals » morality		August 20, 2009
Cryptomnesia		August 20, 2009
Carl Sagan's The Fine Art of Baloney Detection		August 20, 2009
reasoning»rhetoric		August 19, 2009
Affirming the consequent		August 19, 2009
competent » competence		August 18, 2009
reasonableness»rational		August 18, 2009
standard » standardization		August 17, 2009
manipulation		August 17, 2009
intelligence and belief		August 17, 2009
credibility » credible		August 17, 2009
cue		August 16, 2009
mutation		August 16, 2009
Turing machine		August 14, 2009
trial		August 14, 2009
uncertainty » certain		August 14, 2009
behaviour		August 14, 2009
response		August 14, 2009
stimulus		August 14, 2009
treatment		August 13, 2009
thinking		August 13, 2009
task		August 13, 2009
target		August 13, 2009
supposition		August 13, 2009
support		August 13, 2009
knowledge		August 13, 2009
hypothesis		August 13, 2009
emotion » affect		August 13, 2009
Lake Wobegon effect		August 12, 2009
Law of large numbers		August 12, 2009
mind		August 12, 2009
mental		August 12, 2009
moses illusion		August 12, 2009
myside bias		August 12, 2009
Van Gogh fallacy		August 12, 2009
opinion		August 7, 2009
systematic evidence		August 7, 2009
Occam's Razor		August 7, 2009
object » objective		August 7, 2009
Non-occurrence neglect		August 7, 2009
Neutral-evidence principle		August 7, 2009
dilemma		August 5, 2009
data		August 5, 2009
demonstrate		August 5, 2009
contingency		August 5, 2009
Contrast effect		August 5, 2009
Conversational maxims		August 5, 2009
correctness		August 5, 2009
altruism		August 5, 2009
Obedience		August 5, 2009
plausibility		August 4, 2009
critical		August 4, 2009
Social influences		August 4, 2009
likelihood » likely		August 4, 2009
strategy		August 3, 2009
prisoner’s dilemma		August 3, 2009
science		August 2, 2009
Selective exposure		August 2, 2009
social dilemma		August 2, 2009
file drawer problem		August 2, 2009
Rosenthal effect		July 31, 2009
Risky Shift effect		July 31, 2009
Overjustification		July 31, 2009
overinterpretation		July 31, 2009
Testability		July 30, 2009
thinking error		July 30, 2009
Gambler's fallacy		July 30, 2009
ad hoc		July 30, 2009
Hindsight bias		July 30, 2009
problem		July 30, 2009
solution		July 30, 2009
Creeping determinism		July 29, 2009
Actor-Observer difference		July 29, 2009
Representativeness heuristic		July 29, 2009
tradition (appeal to)		July 29, 2009
point-of-view		July 29, 2009
worldview		July 29, 2009
independent » independence		July 28, 2009
reliability » reliable		July 28, 2009
validity » valid		July 28, 2009
establish		July 28, 2009
Clairvoyant test		July 27, 2009
Regression towards the mean		July 27, 2009
event		July 27, 2009
examine		July 27, 2009
investigate » investigation		July 27, 2009
Belief perseverance		July 27, 2009
warranted		July 26, 2009
expertise		July 26, 2009
procedure		July 26, 2009
justification		July 24, 2009
sampling		July 23, 2009
function		July 23, 2009
operation		July 22, 2009
technique		July 22, 2009
personality		July 21, 2009
'spin'		July 21, 2009
'Law of small numbers'		July 21, 2009
Self-serving bias		July 20, 2009
propaganda		July 20, 2009
advertising		July 20, 2009
elucidate		July 19, 2009
biased sampling		July 19, 2009
wishful thinking		July 19, 2009
special pleading		July 17, 2009
dowsing		July 17, 2009
predictive validity		July 15, 2009
decision-making under uncertainty		July 15, 2009
awareness		July 15, 2009
consideration		July 14, 2009
Common cause fallacy		July 13, 2009
Blunting		July 13, 2009
Baruch Spinoza		July 13, 2009
attitudinal gradation		July 13, 2009
confidence level		July 13, 2009
statistical significance » significance level » sampling error		July 13, 2009
self-deception		July 9, 2009
denial		July 8, 2009
background information		July 8, 2009
class		July 7, 2009
case		July 7, 2009
information		July 7, 2009
value assumptions		July 7, 2009
decision-making		July 3, 2009
decision		July 3, 2009
Stereotyping		July 3, 2009
understanding		July 3, 2009
evaluation		July 3, 2009
explanation		July 3, 2009
background knowledge		July 2, 2009
background		July 2, 2009
interpret » interpretation		July 2, 2009
axiom		July 2, 2009
Availability		July 2, 2009
influence		July 2, 2009
clustering illusion		July 1, 2009
prejudice		June 30, 2009
attribution		June 30, 2009
Anchoring effect		June 30, 2009
attribute		June 29, 2009
assert»assertion		June 28, 2009
alternative hypothesis		June 28, 2009
applicability		June 28, 2009
accurate » accuracy		June 28, 2009
rule		June 28, 2009
relation » relationship		June 26, 2009
Trend		June 25, 2009
tendency		June 25, 2009
relative frequency		June 25, 2009
assimilation bias		June 24, 2009
(conceptual) models		June 24, 2009
analyze » analysis		June 24, 2009
operational definition		June 23, 2009
issue		June 22, 2009
qualifying expressions		June 22, 2009
Subjective Validation		June 19, 2009
subjective		June 18, 2009
non-falsifiable		June 14, 2009
Prospect theory		June 9, 2009
proof substitute		June 9, 2009
heuristics (judgemental)		June 9, 2009
suppressed evidence		June 8, 2009
A Ghastly Spring break		June 5, 2009
judgement		June 4, 2009
norms		June 4, 2009
Availability heuristic		June 4, 2009
problem, well-defined»poorly-defined		June 2, 2009
Illusion		June 2, 2009
What is Global warming? the “greenhouse effect”, human-made climate change		May 29, 2009
consequence		May 29, 2009
civility		May 29, 2009
pseudo-science		May 28, 2009
Illusion of validity		May 24, 2009
concept		May 24, 2009
Salience		May 24, 2009
idea		May 24, 2009
fallibility		May 20, 2009
description		May 18, 2009
prescription		May 18, 2009
Multiple endpoint fuzziness or Nostradamus effect		May 17, 2009
Predictive value, Redundancy, and Confidence		May 17, 2009
situation		May 13, 2009
conclusion		May 11, 2009
population		April 23, 2009
framework		April 16, 2009
feedback/feedback loop		April 16, 2009
Creationism		April 15, 2009
system		April 14, 2009
state		April 14, 2009
Sunk costs error		March 31, 2009
controversies		March 15, 2009
intuition		March 11, 2009
Seeking structure in chance and randomness...		March 3, 2009
cognitive illusion		February 27, 2009
action		February 19, 2009
ability		February 17, 2009
Margin of error		February 2, 2009
confidence		February 1, 2009
explanatory scope		January 28, 2009
wrong		January 27, 2009
configuration		January 27, 2009
rhetorical question		January 23, 2009
logical inconsistency		January 22, 2009
content		January 22, 2009
conscious		January 21, 2009
False Consensus effect		January 19, 2009
insight		January 15, 2009
Holocaust denial or Holocaust revisionism		January 14, 2009
represents		January 11, 2009
representation		January 11, 2009
mental models		January 9, 2009
empirical		December 30, 2008
Psychometrics		December 29, 2008
mean » average		December 26, 2008
scoring		December 26, 2008
frame of reference		December 23, 2008
actuarial prediction		December 15, 2008
Bolstering		December 14, 2008
findings		December 14, 2008
Forced compliance effect		December 14, 2008
boomerang effect		December 14, 2008
Foot-in-the-door technique		December 12, 2008
Slide effect		December 12, 2008
belief overkill		December 11, 2008
explanatory power		December 11, 2008
sample		December 9, 2008
Sample size error		December 7, 2008
causation		December 7, 2008
sample bias		December 5, 2008
sample size		December 5, 2008
cause		December 5, 2008
distribution		December 5, 2008
event background		December 2, 2008
Framing effects		November 27, 2008
problem of adequacy		November 24, 2008
Satisficing		November 19, 2008
scientific 'rules of correspondence'		November 9, 2008
outcome		October 21, 2008
cold fusion		October 21, 2008
endowment effect		September 11, 2008
hypothesis testing		September 3, 2008
case studies		August 19, 2008
experimental		July 8, 2008
experimental conditions		July 6, 2008
contradiction		July 3, 2008
contradict		July 3, 2008
controlled experiment		June 29, 2008
A Skeptical Manifesto by Michael Shermer (Skeptical)		June 26, 2008
what is 'expert opinion'?		June 25, 2008
Sufficient»Necessary»Contributory cause		June 25, 2008
statistical decision formula		June 25, 2008
Social Desirability bias		June 25, 2008
Rumpelstiltskin phenomenon		June 25, 2008
Retrospective falsification		June 25, 2008
Representativeness		June 25, 2008
religious		June 25, 2008
Recency effect		June 25, 2008
Questionable cause		June 25, 2008
pseudo-controversies		June 25, 2008
properties		June 25, 2008
proper		June 25, 2008
possibilities (bare)		June 24, 2008
Parataxic reasoning		June 24, 2008
orthogonal		June 24, 2008
Necessary»Sufficient»Contributory cause		June 24, 2008
manipulated variable		June 24, 2008
logical analysis		June 24, 2008
Interview effect		June 24, 2008
Information overload		June 24, 2008
Guessing bias		June 24, 2008
False cause: oversimplification		June 24, 2008
experimental method		June 24, 2008
experimental group		June 24, 2008
>>>about cognitive bias		June 24, 2008