Bias Practice

a cognitive bias that causes us to rely too heavily on the first piece of information we are given about a topic.

• Anchoring

• Implicit

• Blind-Spot

• Outcome

an unfair belief about a group of people that you are not aware of an that affects your behavior and decisions.

• Confirmation

• Negativity

• Implicit

• Outcome

the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one’s existing beliefs or theories.

• Anchoring

• Confirmation

• Blind-Spot

• Implicit

the tendency to see oneself as less biased than other people , or to be able to identify more cognitive biases in others than in oneself.

• Confirmation

• Implicit

• Anchoring

• Blind-Spot

things of a more negative nature (e.g unpleasant thoughts, emotions, or social interactions; harmful/traumatic events) have a greater effect on one than neutral or positive things.

• Negative

• Blind-Spot

• Outcome

• Implicit

when a decision is based on the outcome of previous events, without regard to how the past events developed.

• Anchoring

• Outcome

• Negative

• Blind-Spot

Identify the Bias: an investor decided to invest in real estate after learning a colleague made a big return on an investment in real estate when interest rates were at a different level.

• Outcome

• Implicit

• Confirmation

• Anchoring

Identify the Bias: judging a baking contest and rating your best friend’s pie as the best, even though most people thought it didn’t taste very good.

• Outcome

• Implicit

• Blind-Spot

• Anchoring

Identify the Bias: during presidential elections, people tend to seek information that paint the candidate they support in a positive light, while dismissing any information that paints them in a negative light.

• Outcome

• Confirmation

• Blind-Spot

• Anchoring

Identify the Bias: removing unconscious bias in the recruitment process is an important way of improving workforce diversity.

• Outcome

• Anchoring

• Implicit

• Blind-Spot