Psychology
the study of human behavior and mental processes
Human Behavior
observable actions or reactions of individuals or groups
Mental Processes
the internal operations of the mind that aren’t directly observable
Empirical Evidence
observable and measurable data
Scientific Method
forming hypotheses, conducting experiments, and analyzing results
Hindsight Bias
the tendency to believe, after learning the outcome, that one would’ve foreseen it
Overconfidence
the tendency to overestimate your knowledge and/or ability
Illusory Correlation
the tendency to believe that variables have a relationship where none exists