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Isa day hindunggan motoo na
dajon. Sometimes, we really wonder why some people
capitalize “isolated cases”.
An
“isolated case” is just a one-off case — it doesn’t represent any general or
specific pattern. Otherwise, lawyers would describe the isolated case as being
“a case unique on its own facts.”
The
‘isolated’ here means happening rarely or practically only as a unique
incident. Therefore, it means it is separate (‘isolated’) from everything else.
But
why is it that some people jump directly to conclusion about things they hear
and observe even if these are just isolated cases?
The
hasty generalization fallacy is sometimes called the over-generalization
fallacy. It is basically making a claim based on evidence that it just too
small. Essentially, you can't make a claim and say that something is true if
you have only an example or two as evidence (owl.exelsior.edu).
In
conducting research, one can never draw a conclusion from an isolated case. The
thematic analysis is one thing that a researcher must undergo to break
responses into codes then group them into themes. Hasty generalization is drawing
a conclusion based on a small sample size, rather than looking at statistics
that are much more in line with the typical or average situation.
If
so, is there an underlying reason why do people perform hasty generalizations aside
from the inability to conduct scientific qualitative inferences?
According
to Rangan (2019) psychologists have found that basically there are reasons why
people pass judgments:
A
person, who has low self-esteem, uses judgment and hasty generalization to put
oneself in a position of control. By labeling the person attempts to exert
control over others and establishes oneself as the complete opposite. This is
cathartic for the individual and offers him or her power.
As
a general rule, the more insecure a person is about themselves, the more
judgmental they’ll be toward others. This might be about personal appearance,
social standing, achievement, fitness, health, age, or even behavior.
A
lot has to do with a person’s upbringing and past experiences as well.
With
these, when we will be hurt by these people, we try to remember how blessed we
are to be loved and affirmed by our parents. We look back at our happy
childhood years and pity those who are still nursing on their pains.
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