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> Elementary school children significantly increased their exploration of the dolls when their intuitions had been contradicted as compared to when they had bee
by ElViajero 5y ago
> Elementary school children significantly increased their exploration of the dolls when their intuitions had been contradicted as compared to when they had been confirmed, frequently picking up the smallest and the biggest doll concurrently to compare their relative weight—a direct test of the claim they had been given. Preschool children rarely engaged in this behavior, whether their intuitions had been confirmed or contradicted.
Interesting study. Good to make clear that this does not apply to older children. Older children will verify any surprising claims. On the other hand they suffer, like adults, of confirmation bias. If the information fits their expectation they will not check is veracity. I guess that confirmation bias is just an efficient way of learning about the world, do not waste time if things seem to fit your current understanding of the world.
- jacinda 5y ago> I guess that confirmation bias is just an efficient way of learning about the world, do not waste time if things seem to fit your current understanding of the world. Interesting observation - in this light, confirmation bias could almost be considered a variant of Occam's razor.
- vmception 5y agoCheck lists of other acknowledged biases, such as putting too much weight on earlier presented information
- naniwaduni 5y agoOccam's razor is a variant of confirmation bias.
- tantalor 5y agoyep, that's the simplest explanation.
- jamiek88 5y agoTo see a creature with not enough confirmation bias watch a horse if it encounters something even slightly usual. It will shy away and or investigate or refuse to move until you have investigated the slightly oddly positioned leaf on the path. If we did indeed check everything we nevertheless expected to be as usual we’d never get anything done and would get stuck in mega loops.
- kleton 5y agoHorses spooked by unexpected street markings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMyf6ewi7E8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMyf6ewi7E8
- jhgb 5y ago...and this is why road markings have legal standards in many countries.
- germinalphrase 5y agoTo hilarious effect with regard to llama competitions at the state fair. Very serious twelve year olds (god bless ‘em) leading their llamas through a rigorous course of “touch your nose to a mirror of death”, “walk the gauntlet of pool noodles”, “step across the tinfoil floor of doom”, “remain calm under the umbrella’s predatory gaze”.
- mannykannot 5y agoThat is an interesting observation. As prey rather than predator, however, a horse’s response has, more or less, been validated by the survival of the genus. I would guess that a wild horse or mustang would not be frozen in place by such things, suggesting, perhaps, that domestication has created a conflict between instincts, which is sub-optimal for its rider, but not necessarily for the horse. With regard to the general point about checking everything, you are correct, and it takes a certain amount of judgement to doubt one’s intuitions without being paralyzed by doing so.
- msrenee 5y agoMustangs behave pretty much the same as other horses when confronted with something scary. They're not really any different to work with than any other unhandled horse. Mustangs are not wild horses, btw. They're feral horses descended largely from the horses of the Conquistadors.
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