Sorry, but many of those statements are simply vague (‘much the same’, does driving count? ‘often’ ?), and/or overgeneralised. Or non-informative, e.g. the statement that <50% of abused children become abusive adults. It’s much more interesting to compare that against the baseline. In a society where >50% of adults are abusive, you can expect most abused children to become abusive adults. The infants mirror self recognition is extremely variable, see this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouge_test
Speaking of which, something interesting. A vague statement is generally unsurprising and/or is predictable, as is negation of the vague statement, not because of some cognitive bias, but because of vagueness.
Sorry, but many of those statements are simply vague (‘much the same’, does driving count? ‘often’ ?), and/or overgeneralised. Or non-informative, e.g. the statement that <50% of abused children become abusive adults. It’s much more interesting to compare that against the baseline. In a society where >50% of adults are abusive, you can expect most abused children to become abusive adults. The infants mirror self recognition is extremely variable, see this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouge_test
Speaking of which, something interesting. A vague statement is generally unsurprising and/or is predictable, as is negation of the vague statement, not because of some cognitive bias, but because of vagueness.