Gullibility
vocabulary
do we want to be gullible
purposes
valid
confirmation bias
Credulity
commercial
more details
is believing without facts
No because people can use that for their own personal reasons and control you.
gullibility and credulity is when we think of the level of proof that we need to accept it.
having legal efficacy or force especially
reasons or benefits
Is when we believe because it supports our belief
related to or used in the buying and selling of goods and services
Daniel Kahneman has researched gullibility. He theorizes that gullibility. because humans deal with information by using two different systems of thinking.
Thinking 1 was from the start of humans and it is fast, automatic, intuitive, and uncritical, but now with anonymous online now it more hard to trust.
thinking 2 is slow, analytical, rational, and effortful.
everyone uses both of these systems, but when it comes to gullibility, thinking 2 is more useful to answer people tricks.
What it means
Gullibility is a tendency to be easily manipulated into believing something is true when it isn’t.
Credulity is a willingness to believe unlikely statements with no evidence behind them.
ancestral
the past
theorizes
anecdotal
shared through stories
to think of or suggest ideas about what is possibly true or real :to form or suggest a theory about something
Jude
This relates to the idea that trust in infancy sets the stage for a lifelong expectation that the world will be a good, trustworthy, and pleasant place to live.
exploit
take advantage of
threshold
level
People have always needed to be able to identify cheaters and freeloaders.
motives.
reason for doing something particular
doubtful
possibly untrue
Gullibility and credulity have become important issues because of the internet.
positivist bias is a intrinsic belief for good/true
In several experiments, we found that people in a negative mood were less gullible and more skeptical. They were actually better at detecting deception.
infancy
a baby
Many factors influence how we process incoming information. Mood is one of those factors.
Is a silly goose
A duck
A dude
Laughlin
With today’s unlimited access to questionable information, the ability to combat gullibility and promote critical thinking is one of the major challenges of our age.
There are worrying signs that lack of education, poor ability to think rationally, and the massive amount of doubtful and manipulative information we encounter may combine to threaten our impressive cultural achievements.
deception
lies
combat
fight