13:32 Feb 1, 2009 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Social Sciences - Psychology | |||||||
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4 +4 | explanation |
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5 +1 | is |
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4 | both outcomes ARE one outcome |
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4 | grammatically incorrect but |
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is Explanation: Because the bias is self serving they're talking about the same thing -- the same ONE thing -- in other words, yes, the referees were quite biased! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 mins (2009-02-01 13:38:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- does this help you to understand it? I hope so. They're talking about a predetermined outcome, basically -- -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 mins (2009-02-01 13:47:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Adele -- It "doesn't" make much sense because it is so skewed -- the answer came before the question, essentially. It's completely biased. A self-serving bias is the same thing as having already decided upon the answer. Is this any clearer? |
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explanation Explanation: It means that we tend to see things from our point of view, to interpret results in the most favourable way to our own purposes or wishes. Regarding the is/are question, I think the sentence would be clearer expressed as follows: we tend to think that both outcomes: the objectively “fair” outcome and the most likely outcome, are skewed in our own favor. It is talking about outcomes, two of them, therefore "are", but the original sentence is not very well constructed -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 56 mins (2009-02-01 14:28:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Hi Adele, Your comment was spot on "Whether their team wins or loses, Italian football fans will always tell you that referees were biased against them..." That's the point: If they win, it was a fair outcome because they are the better team; if they loose, the referee was against them... and the Brasilians were thinking exactly the same! For that matter all football supporters think the same about their own team Hope that helps ;-) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2009-02-01 14:34:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Just to expand mu note to Ta^a: One objective, two outcomes One of the outcomes is fair, the other is most likely. It could happen that the fair outcome is also the most likely, but not necessarily. Eg. It is fair that I win the lottery because I have been buying tickets for many years, but it is very unlikely ... sadly |
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