ch.2 methods of scoial psychology

How did southerners react to the letter about an apologetic felon who had killed his fiance's lover?

Southerners were more sympathetic than northerners

How are the reasons for many of our behaviors described?

They are unconscious and immune to introspection

Can we be mistaken about the reasons for our own behaviors?

Yes

What does hypothesizing help avoid?

Hindsight bias

Hindsight bias

The tendency to believe that after learning some outcome that you could have predicted it when in fact you may not have been able to predict it at all

What should you do if you cannot conduct a study?

Simply thinking about how you might test your hypothesis can lead to new ideas, that upon reflection, might surpass your initial speculation aka a thought experiment

Are thought experiments replacements for actual experiments?

No