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Illusion of control is the belief that you have more control over a situation than you actually do.

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Knowledge And Communication

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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Authority bias is when you accept the opinion of an authority figure because you believe they know more than you. You might assume that they have already thought through an issue and made the right conclusion. And, because they are an authority in their field, you grant more cred...

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Misinformation effect: Memories of an event can become affected or influenced by information you received after the event occurred. Researchers have proven that memory is inaccurate because it is vulnerable to revision when you receive new 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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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.

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What Are Cognitive Biases?

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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