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  2. False memory - Wikipedia

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    The false memory phenomenon was initially investigated by psychological pioneers Pierre Janet and Sigmund Freud. [ 1 ] Freud was fascinated with memory and all the ways it could be understood, used, and manipulated. Some claim that his studies have been quite influential in contemporary memory research, including the research into the field of ...

  3. Confirmation bias - Wikipedia

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    Confirmation bias (also confirmatory bias, myside bias, [ a ] or congeniality bias[ 2 ]) is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values. [ 3 ] People display this bias when they select information that supports their views, ignoring contrary information ...

  4. Illusory truth effect - Wikipedia

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    Hindsight bias. In a 1997 study, Ralph Hertwig, Gerd Gigerenzer, and Ulrich Hoffrage linked the illusory truth effect to the phenomenon known as "hindsight bias", described as a situation in which the recollection of confidence is skewed after the truth or falsity has been received. They have described the effect (which they call "the ...

  5. Talk:List of Sigma Phi Epsilon chapters/Archive 1 - Wikipedia

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    As ΣΦΕ is one of the largest of the GLOs, after the name column -- for clarity -- I'd suggest we split out the abbreviation as an adjacent column (if it fits; it's not as important as the other project-standard columns), and keep the narrow column noting national roll number. They use that number, and it won't hurt to retain it.

  6. William Barclay (theologian) - Wikipedia

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    William Barclay (theologian) William Barclay CBE (5 December 1907 – 24 January 1978) was a Scottish author, radio and television presenter, Church of Scotland minister, and Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow. He wrote a popular set of Bible commentaries on the New Testament that sold 1.5 million copies.

  7. Simplified Spelling Board - Wikipedia

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    The Simplified Spelling Board was announced on March 11, 1906, with Andrew Carnegie funding the organization, to be headquartered in New York City. The New York Times noted that Carnegie was convinced that "English might be made the world language of the future" and an influence leading to universal peace, but that this role was obstructed by its "contradictory and difficult spelling". [1]

  8. Cogito, ergo sum - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Latin cogito, ergo sum, usually translated into English as " I think, therefore I am ", [a] is the "first principle" of René Descartes 's philosophy. He originally published it in French as je pense, donc je suis in his 1637 Discourse on the Method, so as to reach a wider audience than Latin would have allowed. [1]

  9. I am (biblical term) - Wikipedia

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    It is connected to the passage in Exodus 3:14 in which God gives his name as אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה‎, Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh, translated most basically as "I am that I am" or "I shall be what I am". In the Hebrew Bible (Exodus 3:14), it is the personal name of God, revealed directly to Moses. [1] These usages have been the ...