Essay D. When scientists work on questions that are closely…
Essay D. When scientists work on questions that are closely tied to identities important in humans, it become increasingly hard to be objective. In class, we discussed Bateman’s principles (the idea that all males should be promiscuous and females coy) as an example of confirmation bias. In the box below respond to the following prompts: A. Define confirmation bias (2 pts) B. What were the social norms in Darwin and Bateman’s times around women and men that could have influenced Bateman’s expectations for the results of his experiment? How do these beliefs manifest in Bateman’s principles? (2 pts) C. Describe an example of confirmation bias in either Bateman’s original experiment and analysis or in the spread of Bateman’s principles. (2 pts)