Group Facilitation
- Apr 4
- 1 min read
In this facilitation, we talked about the idea of bias in research and realized that bias is not always something obvious or intentional, but can happen in more subtle ways throughout the entire research process. It made us think about how researchers, and even people in general, often want a certain answer, which can lead them to design studies or interpret results in a way that confirms what they already believe instead of actually testing if it is true. This connects to confirmation bias, where we pay more attention to information that supports us and ignore what challenges our thinking, and we can see how this happens not only in research but also in everyday life. We also found it interesting how the system in psychology can actually encourage this, since studies with positive or exciting results are more likely to be published and valued, while studies that show no effect are often ignored, which can create a misleading picture of what is actually true. Learning about concepts like HARKing and p-hacking made us realize how easily results can be shaped after the fact to look more significant than they really are. This discussion made us more aware that not all research findings can be taken at face value, and that it is important to think critically about whether results are truly reliable, not just statistically significant.
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