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episode 57: E57. Lies, Damn Lies, & Statistics: Psychology of PSYCH Research
E57. Lies, Damn Lies, & Statistics: Psychology of PSYCH Research
#confirmationbias #misinformation #falsification
Full show notes & transcript at https://www.podbean.com/site/search/index?v=therapybites
EPISODE DESCRIPTION
The Smarticle Podcast co-hosts, Brandon Doble & Larry Olson join Doc Heath (dual Ph.D. in Neuropsychology & Forensic Psychology) & The TBAL Team (Sarah, Heather, Debbie - each licensed clinicians) to discuss the sad state of “psychological noise” spread by kooky kool-aid drinking social media ‘influencers’. Sadly, driven by confirmation bias and poor design, many “psychological studies” also fall into the same misinformation trap.
FEATURES
(00:38:24) Larry & Brandon’s Out of the Dugout BRAIN BALL!
(00:40:50) Doc Heath Quote of the Day
(00:41:15) Chief Shrinkstigator, Dr Ima’s Psycho-Malarky Scale (PMS) Analysis.
SPECIAL SEGMENTS
(00:14:55) Fresh from the Therapy Couch stories of Hurting, Helping, & Healing
(00:18:38) Psych-Secrets: Shhhhhh…..FYBO (For Your Brain Only)
CHAPTERS:
(00:07:00) Brandon & Larry Make Good Articles “GoodER”
(00:10:00) IT MUST BE TRUE because . . . It’s on social media!
(00:12:20) ACCURATE information matters & why YOU should care.
(00:22:38) Confirmation Bias AVALANCHE!!!
(00:29:00) Before Swallowing, Fact Check Your Social Media Kool-Aid
(00:30:00) BIG T “Truth” VS little P “perspective”
NEXT EPISODE - Dimensions of Consciousness: Psychology of Reacting, Responding & Relationships w/Alan Carroll
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Want to Dig Deeper into Today’s Topic?
Ecker, U. K., Lewandowsky, S., Cook, J., Schmid, P., Fazio, L. K., Brashier, N., ... & Amazeen, M. A. (2022). The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction. Nature Reviews Psychology, 1(1), 13-29.
Kassin, S. M., Dror, I. E., & Kukucka, J. (2013). The forensic confirmation bias: Problems, perspectives, and proposed solutions. Journal of applied research in memory and cognition, 2(1), 42-52.
Mendel, R., Traut-Mattausch, E., Jonas, E., Leucht, S., Kane, J. M., Maino, K., ... & Hamann, J. (2011). Confirmation bias: why psychiatrists stick to wrong preliminary diagnoses. Psychological medicine, 41(12), 2651-2659.
Wang, Y., McKee, M., Torbica, A., & Stuckler, D. (2019). Systematic literature review on the spread of health-related misinformation on social media. Social science & medicine, 240, 112552.
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