Introduction to Social Science Writing - PSYC/SOCI 275W Resource Guide

The article begins by defining "critical thinking," a multifaceted concept that requires people to think abstractly, to contextualize material into a personalized framework, and parallels a constructivist standpoint. Despite the fact that critical thinking appears to be a sophisticated intellectual construct, school systems generally avoid incorporating activities that induce this advanced cognitive mechanism.

The results of experiments can be flawed or skewed because of a number of different biases. Those designing, conducting, or analyzing an experiment often hold expectations regarding the experiment’s outcome, such as hoping for an outcome that supports the initial hypothesis. Such expectations can shape how the experiment is structured, conducted, and/or interpreted, thereby affecting the outcome. This typically unconscious and unintentional phenomenon is known as experimenter’s bias.

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