Traditionally, social psychologists saw obedience as central to the conservative mindset. Recent research, however, suggests that liberals are just as obedient as conservatives, but just to different authorities.
THREAD: “Cognitive biases are growing and multiplying at an ever-increasing rate. Every psychologist and their uncle has come up with one. To give you a sense of the scale of the problem, this infographic summarizes 50 of the best-known cognitive biases.”
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“It’s too much! The uncontrolled proliferation of cognitive biases has led to general confusion, a dangerous increase in infographics, and a scientific literature that might be described as ‘kind of a mess.’”
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Six fundamental beliefs that bias our view of the world:
1. My experience is a reasonable reference 2. I make correct assessments 3. I am good 4. My group is a reasonable reference 5. My group is good 6. People's attributes (not context) shape outcomes
THREAD: Boys Are Falling Behind: An ingenious study explores grading bias against boys
“Boys are increasingly falling behind girls at school. This disadvantage has important consequences.”
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“[D]espite the commonly held belief that girls are discriminated against, teacher biases favor girls.”
“This favoritism, estimated as individual teacher effects, has long-term consequences: as measured by their national evaluations three years later, male students make less progress than their female counterparts.”
Thread: The Four Laws of Behavior Genetics [links at end]
The 1st Law of Behavior Genetics: All psychological traits are partially heritable.
The 2nd Law of Behavior Genetics: The effect of being raised in the same family is smaller than the effect of genes.
The 3rd Law of Behavior Genetics: A lot of the differences between people in psychological traits aren’t attributable to either genes or the family environment.