5 Cognitive Biases and How to Fight Them
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Learning to Learn: Five Cognitive Biases and
How to Fight Them
Ally GreerCommunity Manager, Scoop.it
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The goal: using our brains to their fullest potential to become
better critical thinkers.
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The challenge:
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What is a cognitive bias?
The tendency to think in a certain way that
could affect the rationality and accuracy of assertions.
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Why should I care?
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As a good critical thinker, you can...
Lead others to intelligent conclusions
Become a thought leader
Gain authority and trust
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The backfire effectThe rejection of evidence that contradicts your point of view.
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View your opinions as hypotheses. Accept contradicting data as
new knowledge.
The anti-backfire effect
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The hard-easy biasOverconfidence in easy
situations and under confidence in difficult situations.
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The anti-hard-easy biasDefine, recognize, and
leverage your capabilities and weaknesses.
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Compounding a bad investment because “it’s already bad.”
Irrational escalation
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Anti-irrational escalationIf one thing turns out badly, the
best thing to do is to make the rest of it turn out well.
Crisis averted.
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The observer-expectancy effectWhen expectations influence outcome.
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The anti-observer-expectancy effect
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Re-open your mind. Data rarely lies.
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The desire to do the opposite of what you’re asked or advised,
simply to prove your freedom of choice.
Reactance
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Swallow your pride. They have your best
interests in mind, and are still aware of your
free will.
Anti-reactance
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Read more info and find examples here.
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