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What is the first bit of information you hear called, that can influence your decisions?
What is the first bit of information you hear called, that can influence your decisions?
Anchoring bias
What might you rely too much on if you keep referencing anecdotal information?
What might you rely too much on if you keep referencing anecdotal information?
Availability bias
What might make you more likely to share an idea?
What might make you more likely to share an idea?
The bandwagon effect
If you don't know which biases you have, what might you not know?
If you don't know which biases you have, what might you not know?
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Once you make a choice, what might you tend to do?
Once you make a choice, what might you tend to do?
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What might you be doing if you make decisions based on data that isn't valid?
What might you be doing if you make decisions based on data that isn't valid?
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What can make it harder to be open to opposing ideas?
What can make it harder to be open to opposing ideas?
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What can be hard to adjust when they've been embedded in your thinking?
What can be hard to adjust when they've been embedded in your thinking?
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Even though some of it might be irrelevant, what might you think makes for a better decision?
Even though some of it might be irrelevant, what might you think makes for a better decision?
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What might you be avoiding if you avoid negative input?
What might you be avoiding if you avoid negative input?
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What might you learn too much about rather than how you arrived at that decision?
What might you learn too much about rather than how you arrived at that decision?
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What might blind you to more rational things?
What might blind you to more rational things?
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Similar to a person taking a sugar pill, what might you be too quick to believe in?
Similar to a person taking a sugar pill, what might you be too quick to believe in?
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If you invent something, what might you be too biased toward to have an objective option about it?
If you invent something, what might you be too biased toward to have an objective option about it?
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What might be more valuable to you than dated--but still solid--data?
What might be more valuable to you than dated--but still solid--data?
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What might you dwell on, even if it's not statistically likely to happen?
What might you dwell on, even if it's not statistically likely to happen?
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What might influence your opinion?
What might influence your opinion?
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When you assume someone has the traits of a larger group, what do you fail to do?
When you assume someone has the traits of a larger group, what do you fail to do?
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What might you miss when you focus on success stories?
What might you miss when you focus on success stories?
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If you don't want to take a chance, what might you miss out on?
If you don't want to take a chance, what might you miss out on?
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Study Notes
Cognitive Biases
- Anchoring bias: Initial information significantly influences decisions.
- Availability bias: Overreliance on readily available anecdotes, rather than broader data.
- Bandwagon effect: Increased belief in an idea due to its popularity.
- Blind-spot bias: Inability to recognize one's own biases.
- Choice-supportive bias: Tendency to support prior choices regardless of outcome.
- Clustering illusion: Seeing patterns where none exist, leading to flawed decisions.
- Confirmation bias: Preference for information confirming existing beliefs.
- Conservatism bias: Difficulty adjusting deeply held beliefs.
- Information bias: Believing more information aids decision-making even if irrelevant.
- Ostrich bias: Avoidance of unpleasant or negative information.
- Outcome bias: Overemphasis on the outcome of a decision, rather than the decision-making process.
- Overconfidence: Exaggerated trust in one's ability to make decisions.
- Placebo effect: Positive outcomes influenced by belief (e.g., sugar pill for headache).
- Pro-innovation bias: Bias toward believing new inventions are better.
- Recency: Prioritizing recent information over older, reliable data.
- Salience: Focus on easily imagined information, even if less likely to occur.
- Selective perception: Interpreting information based on pre-existing expectations.
- Stereotyping: Judging individuals based on group characteristics.
- Survivorship bias: Focus on success stories and overlooking failures.
- Zero-risk bias: Choosing guaranteed success over potentially higher-reward but higher-risk options.
Energy & Temperature Concepts
- Kinetic energy: Energy of motion.
- Potential energy: Stored energy due to interactions.
- Thermal energy: Sum of kinetic and potential energy of particles.
- Temperature: Average kinetic energy of particles. Higher temperature, higher average kinetic energy.
- Thermal contact: Necessary for heat transfer.
- Thermometer: Tool for measuring temperature.
- Celsius scale: Temperature scale commonly used. Water freezes at 0°C and boils at 100°C.
- Kelvin scale: Temperature scale with absolute zero (0 K). Water freezes at 273 K and boils at 373 K. Absolute zero is the point where particle movement ceases.
- Heat: Transfer of thermal energy from warmer to cooler objects. Transfer rate depends on temperature difference. Heat transfer continues until both substances reach equal temperature.
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Test your understanding of different cognitive biases with this engaging quiz. Explore concepts like anchoring bias, confirmation bias, and the bandwagon effect, and see how they influence decision-making processes. Perfect for psychology enthusiasts and students.
