On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:25:32 -0700, Annette Taylor, Ph. D. >>Well, now, wait a minute boys...isn't it true that not everything >>that seems like a 'duh' finding ends up as we expect.
This is true. However, because of most males' subjective experience and men's intuition, it should come as no surprise that most men will engage in the "I Knew It All Along" effect aka the hindsight bias/heuristic. As you point out, there are probably aspects of this phenomenon that are subtle and not immediately obvious even though most men will admit to feeling that the result is compellingly and overwhelmingly clear. But to provide at least one source of observations relevant to this point (if one allows some "qualitative" research), I suggest reading the writings of that great social philosopher Lenny Bruce, specifically, "The Essential Lenny Bruce" (see: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0586039988/qid=1151151156/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-8286982-2910342?s=books&v=glance&n=283155 or http://tinyurl.com/k22j6 ) Most directly relevant to the current discussion are the sections on: (1) what to expect from a man who just had a leg cut off in an accident and who is being treated by a sexy female nurse, (2) men and, when sufficiently desperate, mud, and (3) men and, when sufficiently desperate and open to new experiences, chickens (or was it ducks?). Given the difficulty of finding the above volume one might read the following easier to obtain volume to get a sense of Bruce's thoughts: "How to Talk Dirty and Influence People" (see: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671751085/104-8286982-2910342?v=glance&n=283155 or http://tinyurl.com/j7nt3 ) >Seems like there is value in the exercise of documenting with evidence ;) Well, though most men would claim that this finding has a probability approaching that of seeing the sun rise in the east, I can understand how a woman might maintain some skepticism about it. However, a finding that I think that most men would be somewhat skeptical about but which many women *might* intuitively agree with is presented here: http://www.webmd.com/content/article/123/115207.htm I think that many men will be surprised to find women so, er, "brainy". ;-) And the article is from the journal "Brain Research". ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Annette Quoting Scott Lilienfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Or as Leon Festinger called it, "bubba psychology" - the psychology that your grandmother could have told you. ...Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeffry Ricker To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 3:12 PM Subject: [tips] Re: On Answering Fundamental Questions in Psychology... >> On Jun 23, 2006, at 10:53 AM, Mike Palij wrote: >> I was just wondering about this the other day.... >> http://www.webmd.com/content/article/123/115123.htm > > This report needs to be filed under, "News From the Science of 'Duh!'" > Feelin' mighty cynical today, > Jeff --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
