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Unit 5 Standard 5.8 first half Biases Errors in Thinking

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representativeness heuristic biassimilarity of objects or events confuses people's thinking regarding the probability of an outcome
availability heuristicour tendency to use information that comes to mind quickly and easily when making decisions about the future
belief perseverance/biasoccurs when a person has clear evidence against a belief, but they still hold on to their previous belief
functional fixednessinability to realize that something known to have a particular use may also be used to perform other functions
fixationinability to see or define a problem from a fresh point of view.
confirmation biastendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that supports one's prior beliefs
self-serving biaswhen a person attributes positive outcomes to their own doing and negative outcomes to external factors.
hindsight biaswhen you think you knew something all along after the outcome occurred.


Modern World History Teacher/Future Rock'n'Roll Star
Salem High
VA

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