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Cambridge English Dictionary: cognitive bias as the way a particular person understands events, facts, and other people, which is based on their own particular set of beliefs and experiences and may not be reasonable or accurate.
PositivePsychology.com: “We are often presented with situations in life when we need to make a decision with imperfect information, and we unknowingly rely on prejudices or biases.”
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Exposing yourself to new information and different viewpoints helps open up new neural pathways in your brain.
Understanding these bias and being alert for them will help improve critical thinking.
Communicate better to understand the source of the information
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Confirmation Bias: Making decisions based on media and information sources that are in alignment with your current beliefs.
Anchoring Bias: Becoming committed or attached to the first thing you learn about a particular subject. Similar to the halo effect , ...
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