Today's featured article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
*"Confirmation bias* (also called *confirmatory bias* or *myside bias*) is a tendency for researchers to favor information that confirms their preconception or hypothesis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis whether or not it is true.^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias#cite_note-0 As a result, people gather evidence and recall information from memory selectively, and interpret it in a biased way http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias. The biases appear in particular for emotionally significant issues and for established beliefs."
Gordo
Having only recently joined this list, it's pleasing to say the least that the first message I get is about this article. I noticed it was in a poor state last year, so almost completely rewrote it. So far it's my only GA, FA or TFA. I've learnt to really appreciate the review processes, which have turned my clunky prose into something accessible. To see it get to the main page was fantastically satisfying. I'm inspired to write more on cognitive and social psychology: an area where enwiki's coverage is particularly poor. I've also been trying to kick some life into the Psychology Wikiproject.
BTW, confirmation bias is a tendency shown by *people*. Someone changed it to "researchers" on Friday but it has been changed back.
Anyway, thanks Gordon and hello to fellow wikimedians.
On Fri, 23 Jul 2010, Gordon Joly wrote:
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