Making Sense of All the Information We Encounter on a Daily

question 26

Essay

Making sense of all the information we encounter on a daily basis would be nearly impossible without relying on schemas, but sometimes schemas can lead us astray.What are three drawbacks to schematic processing? Give an example-either from class discussion, lecture, or your own life-of one of these three drawbacks.

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Definitions:

Indirect

Referring to a relationship or communication where the effect or message is not directly conveyed, but rather inferred through other means.

Statistical Significance

See Significance level.

Degrees of Freedom

The quantity of autonomous numbers or measures that can be allocated to a statistical distribution while still adhering to all restrictions.

Sample Size

The number of observations or elements drawn from a larger population for the purpose of statistical analysis.