EOTO 2 Day 2

 One concept I found interesting from a fellow classmate was the Illusory Truth Effect, which essentially, according to the National Library of Medicine, states the concept that repetition to a certain thing or statement increases a person's belief in that certain thing. Outcomes for this effect can be both positive and negative. A few negative outcomes and results for the illusory truth effect can be misinformation, bad decision making, political propaganda, and swaying public opinions. Opposed from this, a couple positive results can be the retention of factual information as well as the memorization of facts. 

Believe it or not, we see prominent examples of the illusory truth effect in our everyday lives. We see this with the use of rumors, fake news, and urban legends. Social media is well known for carrying loads of this effect through all of the misinformation and lies spread daily. This is also found in marketing and politics through the use of repeated slogans or frequently used claims portraying a certain fact or bias towards something else.

Although there seems to be numerous facts and statements made that portray the Illusory Truth Effect as a way more negative thing as opposed to positive, we all actually use it a whole lot more than you think, especially in the classroom. Learning through ways like repetition helps us retain information. For example, when a teacher repeats a fact to a room of students multiple times, the students are more likely to remember it correctly for future assignments and tests. 

Because of this, students all over the world will study just like that. This allows for a recognition of repeated information, which then in turn helps speed up decision-making because the students already have the information memorized without having to think through every fact and piece of information from scratch.