Your textbook authors describe how our observations from everyday life can serve as great sources of ideas for research problems – and they’re right! However, the way humans think has a tendency to influence which everyday observations will draw our attention and spark our curiosity sufficiently to get us into problem identification mode To become an excellentskeptic(one who is open-minded to explanatory ideas, but who simultaneously demands empirical evidence and clear reasoning to become convinced of their worth) we must be mindful of the ways in which our thinking can lead us astray
Two such thinking tendencies (orbiases)include theConfirmation BiasandDiscountingFor this week’s discussion post, look up the definitions of those biases (cite your sources!), share them in your post, and describe one example of each from your own work/life that might get in the way of identifying good research problems
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