Cognitive Biases 8 teacher selected ones

Anchoring Bias

Giving to much weight to the first piece of information we have about something

Examples: TVS being sold for 800 and then “600” or meeting an Italian and later meeting a different one

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to hold others responsible in situations where we would excuse our own behavior

EX: allowing yourself to miss the hw cuz your stressed but yelling at someone

“Giving yourself a pass but not others just blame them”

Choice supportive bias

We affirm and defend choices we made as correct because they were our choices

EX: picking Apple or android and becoming defensive over our choice

Mere exposure effect

Assuming our opinions and those held by people around us are shared by society at large

“The more times you hear something, the more important and real and true it seems”

EX: think of how many times you see logos and advertisments

Availability Heuristic

The more psychologically available something is to us the more likely we are to use it as evidence, not because it’s trustworthy but because it’s memorable or striking

EX: a cheaper car that’s easily accessible

Negativity bias

Bad thins make us feel worse than good things make us feel better. We focus more on the bad then the good.

EX: it feels worse losing 100 than winning we focus on the negativity more than the good.

Bandwagon Effect

The more people hold a belief, the more likely we are to adopt that belief

EX: Following the belief of other people

Confirmation bias

The tendency to search for, interrupt, or recall information in a way that confirms one’s belief or hypotheses

“We look for evidence that supports our ideas and ignore the ones that go against it”