9 Cognitive Biases You Need to Avoid
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- čas přidán 3. 05. 2024
- Our mind uses mental shortcuts to make sense of the world around us and speed up decision making. While these can be helpful, they can also lead us to make biased and flawed judgments. We can’t get rid of cognitive biases completely, we can learn to understand them and notice when they may be influencing our decisions. This video covers 9 of the most common cognitive biases.
00:00 Intro
00:25 Confirmation Bias
01:22 Anchoring Bias
02:21 Attribution Bias
03:00 Halo Effect
03:47 Availability Bias
04:30 Dunning-Kruger Effect
05:51 Ostrich Effect
06:39 Negativity Bias
07:12 Spotlight Effect
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Trying to live without biases is hard.. Especially when you're among people with strong biases 😅
Absolutely, especially for social biases! Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
I'm most susceptible to the "Valley of Despair" of the Dunning-Kruger Effect. I fall into this most of the time when I pursue a new subject of academic study, generally math and science. This was most profound when I was learning computer programming. My knowledge and abilities hit a major wall during a project, and when I realized how much I would need to research and learn to overcome the barrier, I decided it was too much and I quit. I've done this throughout my life to either avoid leaving my comfort zone, or to avoid wasting time and energy chasing diminishing returns.
Thanks for watching! It's easy to fall for the 'sunk cost fallacy' and to continue just because of the time and effort we've invested into something, even if it's actually beneficial for us to stop. Of course, knowing when to stop and when to persevere is very difficult!
@@MindKnown People die over the 'sunk cost fallacy', particularly on Mount Everest.
Sometimes quitting is the right thing to do. I'd like to do a video on this at some point!
I dunning krugered myself hard when I first learned programming in university. I felt so defeated when I realized just how wrong I was about my own abilities but it set me free to be able to ask stupid questions, because feeling like you know everything in the beginning sort of gives you an arrogance.
I'm sad for you that you stopped learning, you should've kept going. Especially in porgramming, the amount of knowlege you dont yet have seems overwhelmingly huge, and it is, and you will NEVER know everything. I think once you accept that fact, and this translates to other fields as well, you're much more comfortable to keep going because no one knows it all.
OUCH! EMPHATHY PLUS, BUT "DIAMONDS IN THE DUNG" SURPRISES TOO. ROTS OF RUCK!
I was recently discussing the tendency towards negativity bias and have come to appreciate the need for balance in this way of thinking because, like you said, it has evolved to keep us vigilant to threat. We don't want perceive threats that don't really exist and miss opportunities and experiences because of that while it doesn't help to pretend that everything is 'positive' when in fact it isn't.
Very true, I talked about the other end of the spectrum (toxic positive) in another video: czcams.com/video/S8nV8XMHA50/video.html
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Thank you! I really appreciate you noticing the effort and commenting! 😊
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Thank You
Recommended Book on this topic: "The Cognitive Biases Compendium: Explore over 150 Cognitive Biases (with examples) to make better decisions, think critically, solve problems effectively, and communicate more accurately."
Thank you, that's really helpful as I'm hoping to create another video on cognitive biases soon.
It's impossible for human beings to be without at least some biases. We can learn to minimise our biases, recognise our biases ( sometimes), but live minus all and any biases, impossible. Why? Because we are emotional beings as well as thinking, intellectual beings. Our emotional feelings, reactions, associations, past experiences, affect our
thinking and, vice versa. A kind of duality, wanting to be or trying to be, objective from a subjective state. A very common bias....We are more likely to believe and trust someone we like rather than someone we don't. Which can make it so much easier to accept and believe a lie from someone we like and trust. And also make it so much harder to believe or accept a truth from someone we don't like . ( We don't really WANT to believe them in the first place) . We don't usually feel pain or hurt or suffering and betrayal from someone we don't like, love or trust. Betrayal only sets in when we experience it with someone we like, love or trust. Which is Why betrayal hurts us so much. Our bias was not just because we did believe them . Our bias was also because we WANTED to believe them. We'll accept and believe the lie from someone we like or love far easier than the truth from someone we don't like or love.
The Spotlight Bias, I felt like you were talking to me directly
I would highly suggest doing more research into the Dunning-Krugger Effect as the way you described and portrayed it is not particularly accurate as to how it actually operates.
Thanks for the tip! The key point is that low performers appear to overestimate their confidence, but like the video, a lot of research (and science communication) is subject to bias 😊
I suppose you know everything there is to know about The Dunning-Krugger Effect? 😅
Ostrich bias was relatable. Thanks for informing me about this. Knowing more about it, it is now easier to work around
The ostrich bias seems to be very common! Glad it was helpful! 😊
Thanks
Not at all, because I studied these biases for one day and am now and expert on all cognitive biases.
Thanks for watching!
'Ostrich Bias' is the most dominant trait in me as of now .
Great video and important content. Thank you. I find the attribution bias most relatable. It is sad because the closer I get to people the more critical I get of them when I judge their faults on their characters rather than treat them with sympathy as I do with strangers. This is definitely an area I should work on.
Thank you! I think we're all guilty of that from time to time! 😊
I feel, at least aware of these. Hearing them laid out in a group is very helpful.
I’ve been trying to get a friend to lighten up with his paranoia and media fixations. He’s under many of these traps … will share it.
Sub’d & liking. Thx
Thanks for liking, subbing and sharing! All very much appreciated 😊
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The Universe helped us both today! Glad you found this video and my channel 😊
Thank you!
You're welcome! 😊
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Thank you, that's very kind 😊
Very helpful. The animations are really clever and portray deep insights. Great video as always, this will help me in making better cognitive decisions.❤
Thank you! I put a lot of effort into the animations and really appreciate your feedback!
That's a great info to know. This will be helpful in any area of life if we work on our biases or atleast be conscious about them so that we will not get consumed by them.
Thanks for letting us know these things 😇
Thank you - glad it was helpful! 😊
Well said
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Very deep insight and helpful
Thank you - glad it was helpful! 😊
Awesome video most of it I have experience and hard to overcome.
Thanks! Cognitive biases are very hard to overcome. If you can notice just a small percentage of them then you’re way ahead of most - many people have no idea how much their decisions are influenced by mental shortcuts!
Definitely the spotlight effect..somewhat grounded in a superiority / inferiority complex..ha ha…but true.
Very informative. I'm trying to improve and work on negativity biased.
A friend said I'm suffering from imposter syndrome since i moved to a highly technical space. I moved to this space because I wanted to improve my technical skills, but I quickly realized that I may have over estimated the technical skill I already had and now I'm scared that I might not have enough mental muscle to improve them. The gap seems way larger than I imagined.
I think I'm in despair, even though my manager and the head of my department think I'm doing well. I'll watch the video you mention on imposter syndrome. Hopefully, it will help.
Thank you! It's likely that some of your colleagues and even managers also have imposter syndrome but you wouldn't know because so few people are willing to talk about it. Keep striving to improve your skills, give yourself credit for your achievements, and practise self-kindness 😊
Yay let's go you hit 1k views again!!!
Thanks! I’m really pleased with this one! 😊
Its impossible to get rid of these biases completely but knowing about them can help us. I'm familiar with almost all of these.
1. Confirmation bias : we want to feel like what believe is the right thing and anything that contradicts it wrong. One instance could be if I have a celebrity I admire and I believe that they are 100 percent natural or that they are always kind and would never mistreat anyone there's a high likelihood i would avoid any news of them that shows otherwise or would completely reject that they had work done.
2. Spot light effect: i figured this one out by my own self because for so long I had the worst social anxiety but I started thinking this way I'm the main character in my life and everyone around me is an extra but in their lives they are in the center and I'm an extra.
3. Halo effect : I first noticed it when my expectations didn't match with the reality. So my maths teacher I was a new student just saw her and she was beautiful and subconsciously I believed she was really nice and kind. Turns out she was not. Like her appearance deceived me. (Didnt know what halo effect was)
4. Ostrich effect : so I've been using my phone's storage a lot and for a few days I've been thinking about checking my storage and see if i have any left. I'd been avoiding doing that beacuse I get anxious.
4. Anchoring bias : when products are offered on huge discounts after their original price which was too much. So a bar chocolate is way cheap now on discount but in some other store the original price is the discounted price.
5. Attribution bias : you never know what someone is going through so put yourself in their shoes.
All good examples! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Negativity Bias is my main issue right now, and has been sense I was 18. I know not how to stop it, and desperately require help, as I feel I have exhausted every avenue to little result.
Ostrich and Spotlight effect are basically on the same level as each other, and are the secondary problem that I face. The worse part being, after observing myself, it seems like all 3 of these effects feet into each other in a loop. Because extreme, more often negative things happen because of things other's do, I feel like "everyone" is out to get me, and "everyone" is talking about me, which leads me to go out of my way to avoid the information that "X is talking shit about you." or "X is stealing from you." (online selling).
It has lead to trauma, to the point where there will be points through my day (now that I have gone so far as to avoid the thing I used to enjoy simply to avoid the things mentioned above) where I just have the equivalent to a name flashback, and feel like im back in the exact moment where awfull shit was being done. And although in heing sight, I can say to myself "It's really not all that big of a deal.", it has scarred me so deeply, that I can't help BUT feel like it's still horrific, because that's how I felt in the moment.
However, the separation I have put between myself and these people I have essentially disconnected from, and the hobby I once enjoyed, has allowed me to "observe the storm" and take a more detached view of the things I experienced rather than trying to see how large the storm was from inside the eye of it. It's been about a month or 2 sense I escaped said storm, and there are certain things that once disturbed me to my core, that I can not look at with neutral eyes rather than fear or rage. Though, there are still ALOT of other things that, despite my efforts, I still am unable to understand how I can look at them "with neutral eyes". They still scare and disturb me, and still feel like I'm back in hell when I think about them for too long.
...Why did I just spend 5 minutes writing this.
Thanks for sharing this, it sounds like you’re having a difficult time. Do you have someone you can talk to about your anxiety, like a trusted friend?
Spot light effect
On the other hand having no biases is biologically impossible and can also be dangerous as it leads to justifications for every type of behaviour and decision paralysis.
Nothing is without risk. Biases can protect us as they have for millions of years.
Absolutely, biases are essential for quick thinking and likely gave our ancestors a survival advantage. Thanks for watching 😊
Ostrich and spotlight I really need to work on them...
Biases are tricky to overcome but not impossible! Thanks for watching 😊
Let's see, today I've definitely been victim to the Ostrich Effect, the Spotlight Effect, the Halo Effect, the Valley of Despair in the Dunning-Krueger Effect, the Imposter Syndrome, and the Negativity Bias! Not bad for one day's work!
Spotlight effect is the one that I experience the most. Although I know this comment won't be read by hardly anyone 😂
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What are the most used biases by religion?
Some people absolutely do notice. I’m anxious and hyper vigilant. I notice and overanalyse everything about everybody. It is not unreasonable to assume there are others like me. I do remember that time you bent over and farted when you thought nobody heard it. I saw through the gap between your shirt buttons and when your fly was down. And just like my brain won’t let me forget my own embarrassing moments, I’ll always remember that drunk girl who peed herself and it came out the bottom of her leggings, right at her ankles
Some actions are certainly more memorable than others! And some people live their whole life in the spotlight. But in general, we tend to overestimate how much others care or notice us, which can be both good and bad, depending on the situation I suppose! Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
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Some of these are psychology quirks not bias
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