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'''Cognitive biases are systematic errors in thinking that occur in all people. They occur when processing information from the world around us and lead to incorrect conclusions based upon predictable patterns of erroneous thought.''' The most popular bias in society is the [[Bias Blind Spot]] (see above), which is the belief that one's self is absent of thought bias. It is a good place to start to further delve deeper into the '''[[heuristics]], [[Thought Paradoxes|paradoxes]] or [[Logical fallacies|fallacies]]''' that make up the human mind, the most important of which include: | '''Cognitive biases are systematic errors in thinking that occur in all people. They occur when processing information from the world around us and lead to incorrect conclusions based upon predictable patterns of erroneous thought.''' The most popular bias in society is the [[Bias Blind Spot]] (see above), which is the belief that one's self is absent of thought bias. It is a good place to start to further delve deeper into the '''[[heuristics]], [[Thought Paradoxes|paradoxes]] or [[Logical fallacies|fallacies]]''' that make up the human mind, the most important of which include: | ||
# '''[[Self-serving bias|Self-serving Bias]]''' - the tendency people have to seek out information and use it in ways that advance their self-interest. | # '''[[Self-serving bias|Self-serving Bias]]''' - the tendency people have to seek out information and use it in ways that advance their self-interest. | ||
# '''[[Availability Bias|Availability Heuristic]]'''<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468377-thinking-fast-and-slow</ref> - people tend to use the ease with which they can think of examples when making decisions this is often compounded by the survivorship bias which is our tendency to favour learning from winners. | # '''[[Availability Bias|Availability Heuristic]]'''<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468377-thinking-fast-and-slow</ref> - people tend to use the ease with which they can think of examples when making decisions this is often compounded by the [[Survivorship Bias|survivorship bias]] which is our tendency to favour learning from winners. | ||
#[[Fundamental attribution error|'''Fundamental attribution error''']] - an individual's tendency to attribute another's actions to their character or personality while attributing their behaviour to external situational factors outside of their control. | #[[Fundamental attribution error|'''Fundamental attribution error''']] - an individual's tendency to attribute another's actions to their character or personality while attributing their behaviour to external situational factors outside of their control. | ||
#[[Optimism bias|'''Optimism Bias''']] - you feel likely to experience a negative event relative to others. | #[[Optimism bias|'''Optimism Bias''']] - you feel likely to experience a negative event relative to others. | ||