Whether our judgments are accurate depends on the schemas or books available in our mental libraries.

When our brains try to understand unfamiliar objects, they must rely on a schema for a different but similar object because the correct schema is unavailable. If the objec...

• Schemas are the building blocks of our knowledge about the world. Our brains rely on different types of schemas to understand different types of situations.
• Schemas are like books in your mind telling you what different objects are and what they do...

Unconscious bias refers to unconscious forms of discrimination and stereotyping. Unconscious bias often leads to discrimination, be it deliberate or unintentional.

Unconscious bias is different from cognitive biases. Cognitive biases relate to our brains' particular w...