Researchers at Yale University (USA) have made a discovery able to explain why so many fights on the Internet. According to American psychologists, use technology makes people think they have more knowledge and are smarter than they really are. The study was published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.
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According to the study, people tend to overestimate their knowledge. This is because they tend to confuse their knowledge with the possible information to be accessed on the Internet, according to the study published by researchers at Yale University in March 2015.
Scientists have experimented with users to test this hypothesis. In the first part of the test, they asked participants to answer questions and half the group could use the Internet as a source of consultation. Have the other half answered without using any support for the desired information.
In the second part of the study, both groups responded issues not related to the topics asked before without consultation. Who used the Internet in the first part of the test, responded with more confidence in the final stage. "People tend to confuse where just knowing them and where begins the outside knowledge," says Mathew Fisher, coordinator of the study.
According to the Yale researchers, this effect caused by the use of the Internet also occurred when people were faced with complex questions, the answer was not accessible online. According to scientists, people feel holders of knowledge even if the online survey does not reveal anything new. Caution on Using the Internet, you know us?
source: yahoo news
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