Ashinze Jude
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How to overcome your mistakes
In a 2019 investigation, more than 400 participants were recruited to acquire proficiency in a fabricated, enigmatic language. They were presented with three pairs of symbols, each corresponding to a particular concept— for instance, identifying which symbol represented an animal among two choices. Subsequently, after a brief intermission, they were again asked about the same pairs of symbols, but the questions were reversed, inquiring which symbol represented a non-living object. What remained hidden was that the participants' responses in the initial round determined the meanings of the symbols in the second round. In the first phase, participants were either unconditionally marked as correct, regardless of their answers, or compelled to fail every question.
By Ashinze Jude8 months ago in Lifehack