Cognitive Biases

Relying on the first piece of information we receive about a topic

• Anchoring Bias

• The Bandwagon Effect

• Availability Bias

• Blind Spot Bias

What is a good way to combat availability bias?

• Reading information that disproves what you believe.

• Digging into statistics about the frequency a topic or event happens

• Not believing something just because it's popular

• Being open to information that suggests you may have made the wrong choice

When you believe you are an expert on a topic because you've watched a lot of YouTube videos on a subject, you are practicing...

• The Bandwagon Effect

• Choice Supportive Bias

• The Dunning-Kruger Effect

• Availability Bias

When you accept popular ideas as true without examination, you are practicing

• The Bandwagon Effect

• Choice Supportive Bias

• Blind Spot Bias

• Availability Bias

Believing something is true or correct because you chose it

• Confirmation Bias

• Choice Supportive Bias

• Blind Spot Bias

• The Dunning-Kruger Effect

Cognitive bias is...

• Errors in our thinking when trying to learn, interpret and process new information

• Completely avoidable if you pick the right sources

• Something others have but you don't

• A tool we use to make sure we are always thinking correctly about new information

What is a good way to combat blind spot bias?

• Asking yourself, “What is my bias in this?”

• Digging into statistics about the frequency a topic or event happens

• Understanding why you believe something to be true

• Being realistic about your knowledge, skills, and abilities

What is a good way to combat the Dunning-Kruger effect?

• Asking yourself, “What is my bias in this?”

• Digging into statistics about the frequency a topic or event happens

• Understanding why you believe something to be true

• Being realistic about your knowledge, skills, and abilities

Searching "Why was Satchel Paige the greatest baseball player of all time?" is an example of:

• Confirmation Bias

• Anchoring Bias

• Choice Supportive Bias

• The Bandwagon Effect

The tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories

• Confirmation Bias

• Anchoring Bias

• Choice Supportive Bias

• The Bandwagon Effect