One bright morning, as the fox was wandering through the forest searching for food with his sharp nose, he saw a crow perched on a tree branch above him. This wasn’t the first crow the fox had seen. What caught his attention this time and made him pause for a moment was that the lucky…
The skills needed in the digital age aren’t coding, but rather several soft skills that machines can’t perform. What are these skills? Amid concerns that future human jobs will be displaced by technological advancements, optimism is growing because future jobs will become increasingly humane. Bernard Marr, a futurist, influencer, and technology company advisor, wrote in…
When we hear the term law of the jungle, what immediately comes to mind is an inhumane rule of life in the forest where only the strong win and are able to survive. However, is it true that this law applies in the forest? In a recent book review, the 6th President of the Republic…
Commercial product advertisements are repeated so often that false messages are perceived as true. In its ads, Coca-Cola portrays healthy, cheerful young people, masking the depressing consequences of diabetes and obesity. Online loans are portrayed as a quick, safe, and convenient solution to financial problems, masking dangerous financial risks that can lead to anxiety and…
Aktivitas yang dimaknai mendalam biasanya akan ditanya dengan pertanyaan yang mendalam juga. Membaca buku misalnya, membuat kita bertanya, apakah membaca buku berguna? Apakah membaca buku bisa membuat saya sukses? Apakah membaca buku bisa membuat saya bahagia? Apakah membaca buku berguna? Ya, buat anak sekolah yang besok akan ujian. Tidak, buat orang yang menilai waktu itu…
Ensiklopedia Psikologi Sosial menjelaskan niat implementasi (implementation intention) sebagai berikut: An implementation intention is a simple plan in the form of “If X, then I will Y!” that specifies an anticipated goal-relevant situation, X, and a goal-directed response, Y, that will help achieve the goal. For example, an implementation intention formed to support the goal…
Kamus American Psychological Association (APA) menjelaskan pengertian self-fulfilling prophecy sebagai berikut: a belief or expectation that helps to bring about its own fulfillment, as, for example, when a person expects nervousness to impair their performance in a job interview or when a teacher’s preconceptions about a student’s ability influence the child’s achievement for better or…
Mengapa orang cenderung ingin konstisten antara sikap dan perilakunya? Apa yang terjadi apabila antara sikap dan perilakunya tidak konsisten? Dan mengapa ada orang yang tidak konsisten antara sikap dan perilakunya namun tetap biasa-biasa saja, seakan-akan tidak ada inkonsistensi dalam dirinya? Pertanyaan demikian dapat diterangkan oleh teori psikologi yang disebut disonansi kognitif. Kamus American Psychological Association…
Keith E. Stanovich dari Universitas Toronto bersama koleganya dalam artikel mereka berjudul Myside Bias, Rational Thinking, and Intelligence menjelaskan bahwa myside bias adalah bias yang terjadi ketika… orang mengevaluasi bukti, menghasilkan bukti, dan menguji hipotesis dengan cara yang bias terhadap keyakinan, opini, dan sikap mereka sendiri sebelumnya. people evaluate evidence, generate evidence, and test hypotheses…
Pengertian belief perseverance Dalam Encyclopedia of Social Psychology, belief perseverance didefinisikan sebagai berikut: the tendency to cling to one’s initial belief even after receiving new information that contradicts or disconfirms the basis of that belief Kecenderungan untuk tetap berpegang pada keyakinan awal seseorang bahkan setelah menerima informasi baru yang bertentangan atau menyangkal dasar keyakinan tersebut….