Bias Practice

What is the Ostrich Effect?

• The tendency to seek and dwell on negative information

• The tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information when making decisions

• The tendency to explain another's behavior by referring to their character

• The tendency to avoid unpleasant but useful information

What is the opposite of the Ostrich Effect?

• Halo Effect

• Anchoring Bias

• Confirmation Bias

• Negativity Bias

What is Confirmation Bias?

• Relying too heavily on the first piece of information when making decisions

• The tendency to avoid unpleasant but useful information

• The tendency to explain another's behavior by referring to their character

• Ignoring views other than your own preexisting beliefs

What is Anchoring Bias?

• Ignoring views other than your own preexisting beliefs

• The tendency to explain another's behavior by referring to their character

• Relying too heavily on the first piece of information when making decisions

• The tendency to avoid unpleasant but useful information

What is Attribution Bias?

• Ignoring views other than your own preexisting beliefs

• Relying too heavily on the first piece of information when making decisions

• The tendency to explain another's behavior by referring to their character

• The tendency to avoid unpleasant but useful information

What is the Halo Effect?

• The tendency to explain another's behavior by referring to their character

• Our overall impression of a person or thing that can shine like a halo that perceptions of one aspect carry over to other aspects

• The tendency to avoid unpleasant but useful information

• Basing decisions on information that is recent, frequent or extreme

What is Availability Bias?

• The tendency to explain another's behavior by referring to their character

• The tendency to avoid unpleasant but useful information

• Basing decisions on information that is recent, frequent or extreme

• The tendency to seek and dwell on negative information

What is implicit/unconscious bias?

• The tendency to seek and dwell on negative information

• Basing decisions on information that is recent, frequent or extreme

• Quick, automatic, involving little or no thought

• The tendency to avoid unpleasant but useful information

How can one avoid the Ostrich Effect?

• By recognizing unhelpful thoughts, and replace them with more helpful ones

• By staying open-minded, objective and gather more information before making decisions

• By seeking information that challenges your beliefs and assess others' potential biases

• By staying focused on the bigger picture and use negative information to our advantage

How can one avoid the Negativity Bias?

• By recognizing unhelpful thoughts, and replace them with more helpful ones

• By staying focused on the bigger picture and use negative information to our advantage

• By seeking information that challenges your beliefs and assess others' potential biases

• By staying open-minded, objective and gather more information before making decisions