Explanations for anomalous experience
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- Created on: 24-03-15 21:38
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- Explanations for Anomalous Experience
- Illusion of control
- Two events that happen at the same time. So some people may believe there is a causal relationship between them.
- Has adaptive significance. Allows people to under and control their environment.
- Type 1 error- believe the null hypothesis isn't true when it is in fact true.
- Type 2 error- believe the null hypothesis is true when it isn't.
- General Cognitive Ability
- Blackmore & Troscianko- believers wrongly attribute coincidence to paranormal causes.
- Intelligence may be lower in believers= less able to accurately judge.
- Gray- believers have lower levels of academic performance
- Irwin- did not find a difference in reasoning task
- Jones et al- positive correlation between intelligence & belief.
- Blackmore & Troscianko- believers wrongly attribute coincidence to paranormal causes.
- Illusion of connection
- Brugger et al- high levels of dopamine=find significant correlation and make connection that aren't real.
- Shown real & scrambled faces & real and made up words.
- Sheep more likely to see face when there weren't any.
- All Ps given a does of L-dopa
- Goats started to behave like sheep- no effect on sheep.
- All Ps given a does of L-dopa
- Sheep more likely to see face when there weren't any.
- Adaptive advantage- good to see something potentially dangerous
- Findings not found in replicated studies
- Shown real & scrambled faces & real and made up words.
- Brugger et al- high levels of dopamine=find significant correlation and make connection that aren't real.
- Watts
- Hidden Cause
- Multiple End Points
- Law of Truly Large Numbers
- Probability Judgement
- Reasoning associated with coincidence and self deception may be a form of probability judgement
- The likelihood of an event occurring
- Birthday Paradox
- Illusion of control
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