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Chapter 2. Thinking Critically About Evidence
Your Schacter et. al. Psychology textbook discusses how we think about evidence (Chapter 2, section 4). When you are making an important, complicated decision, what type of information do you consider reliable? If you disagree with a friend on a critical point, do you fairly consider different perspectives? Are you objective or do you see what you expect and want to see? Identify and briefly discuss a situation in you have experienced in which you did not critically think about the evidence. Integrate one of the concepts from this section of your textbook. Be sure to upload the Six Principles of Scientific Research in order to choose a topic and understand what principle applies to your story.
Formatting instructions
Turn in your paper through the Canvas website for your intro Psychology course
Papers will be checked for plagiarism
2/3 – 1 page in length
Text must be double spaced
Typed in 12 point “Times New Roman” font
Additional Information and Hints For Your Paper
Be creative with your example; don’t just adapt one presented in the book.
You receive credit in the grading rubric for following simple formatting instructions, and for writing clearly and correctly. These are all good professional skills!
For your personal experience, do more than tell your story: Show explicitly how you are applying the information to your own experience.
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Example paper:
I am a bit of a health nut, and recently I have been searching for a healthy alternative sweetener to satisfy my never ending sweet tooth. Coconut sugar is one such alternative. After reading the statements on coconut sugar packaging, and how it had a low glycemic index, I was hooked. There were even additional claims that coconut sugar provides necessary amino acids and other essential minerals that promote healthy brain functioning beyond the sweetening effect. I decided to search for further evidence. Looking on the internet, I found supposedly factual statements from websites such as Live Strong, Dr. Oz, and expert reviews from the Huffington Post stating the benefits of coconut sugar. Here was finally a healthier way to satisfy my strong cravings for sweet treats, I was convinced that coconut sugar was the ultimate alternative sweetener.
Of course, in this search I was ignoring what I did not see. Having tunnel vision I only saw evidence that supported that coconut sugar is the ideal sweetener, all the while discounting additional information stating that coconut sugar is otherwise a very terrible alternative sweetener. For all I know, coconut sugar could actually be quite bad and rot my teeth out within a matter of weeks along with many other horrible things. I have not yet searched for such evidence supporting the issues of consuming coconut sugar. In this case I made the mistake stated in the textbook: “ The tendency to ignore missing evidence can cause us to draw all kinds of erroneous conclusions.” (Schacter, Gilbert, Nock and Wegner 2017).