ecological fallacy

a mistaken conclusion drawn about individuals based on findings from groups to which they belong. For example, if a university administrator found that the correlation between faculty salary and number of publications at the departmental level was strong and positive (e.g., r = .60), it would be an ecological fallacy to assume that for any particular faculty member the correlation would be the same.

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Psychology term of the day

September 17th 2024

philosophy of mind

the branch of philosophy concerned with questions about the nature and functioning of mind and consciousness and the relationship of mind and mental activity to brain and body and to the external world (see mind–body problem). It is deeply concerned with the relationships among language, thought, and action.