Students’ epistemic worldview preferences predict selective recall across History and Physics texts

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Robert Forsyth
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Author(s):  
Gary Smith ◽  
Jay Cordes

We are hard-wired to notice, seek, and be influenced by patterns. Sometimes these turn out to be useful; other times, they dupe and deceive us. Our affinity for patterns is powerful—no doubt, aided and abetted by selective recall and confirmation bias. We remember when a pattern persists and confirms our belief, and we forget or explain away times when it doesn’t. We are still under the spell of silly superstitions and captivated by numerical coincidences. We still think that some numbers are lucky, and others unlucky, even though the numbers deemed lucky and unlucky vary from culture to culture. We still think some numbers are special and notice them all around us. We still turn numerical patterns into laws and extrapolate flukes into confident predictions. The allure of patterns is hard to ignore. The temptation is hard to resist.


1994 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 741-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Taylor ◽  
S. Rachman
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1984 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Kintsch ◽  
Sheryl R. Young

1986 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome Kagan ◽  
J. Steven Reznick ◽  
Julia Davies ◽  
Jennifer Smith ◽  
Heidi Sigal ◽  
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An investigation designed to demonstrate the utility of selective recall as a partial index of a preferred attitude is summarized. The experiment, which deals with maternal attitudes on three child rearing themes, revealed class differences in the selective recall of information related to the importance of physical affection and restrictiveness.


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