Psychologist reveals common cognitive biases we should be aware of

Published June 30th, 2024 - 07:57 GMT
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From confirmation bias to false consensus, here are a few types of cognitive biases that project a false perception of reality.

Negative cognitive bias: When we start to see ourselves as someone very negative, we also tend to grow a lot of bitterness for the world around us. This further causes distorted thinking patterns.

Confirmation bias: This is when we try to remember information that confirms our thoughts and decisions. This helps us to strengthen our case.

Self-serving bias: In the case of self-serving bias, we like to believe that our failures happened because of our situations, but our successes happened because of who we are.

Availability heuristic: The examples that immediately come to our mind, further shape the judgments and the decisions we make.

Naïve realism: In this case of cognitive bias, we like to believe that our version of reality is objective in nature, while others are uninformed or irrational.

False consensus: In this type of cognitive bias, we always believe that people like and agree with what we think and believe.
 

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