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Availability bias occurs when you believe the information you possess is more important than it actually is. This happens when you watch or listen to media sources that tend to run dramatic stories without sharing any balancing statistics on how rare such events may be.
Bandwagon effect, also known as herd mentality or groupthink: Te propensity to accept beliefs or values because many other people hold them as well. This is a conformity bias as most people desire acceptance, fearing rejection if they hold opposing beliefs. People assume an opinion is correct because many others agree with it.
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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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Common Types Of Bias
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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What Are Cognitive Biases?
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.
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