There was a time when I assumed a conclusion about something
where I was wrong. Recently we had to make a hypothesis in my psychology class
and I believed that if you were in a relationship your grade would drop
significantly lower than if you were single. My group all concluded that we
would see lower grades so we set out to see if our conclusion was right. We
were surprised when we saw that there was no significant decrease in people’s
grades based on if they were single or not. We tested this by giving out
surveys to many people and asking them many questions like how many hours do
you spend studying, what’s your grade like, and what is their relationship
status. When we saw that grades didn’t drop we thought that even though people
in relationships are busier, they also have a significant other pushing them to
do their best in school.
I often find myself trying to reason my way through problems that in reality I just don’t have enough information to even think about. It’s impossible to reason through all the variables that are present in a situation if you don’t have any experience in it. For this reason I usually try to refrain from making assumptions about what could or might happen in a situation because I think that too often I just don’t have enough information to try and make any conclusions about it. In your example about studying and relationships it would be interesting to hear what the students thought was the reason they could study just as well in a relationship. I’ve tried to make it a habit of mine to refrain from judgment until I’ve actually seen or done something, and then have a basis to make a judgment.
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