Motivated Reasoning is a Cognitive bias - we tend to accept/believe more easily and with less scrutiny things we think are correct . If we…
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The unwanted habits or behaviors are triggered by a negative emotion that you want to get away from. The unwanted behavior is how you…
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Motivated Belief is when a person believes something because they want it to be true, not necessarily because that belief is supported by…
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We tend to favor decisions that continue the status quo. This is because of the comfort of the familiar. A way to check for this is the…
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We substitute the actual question with an easier to answer question. Eg. "Will this man be a good secretary" becomes "Does this man fit my…
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Uncertainty comes from... Hidden Information Chance Our brain tend to make these mistakes... More prone to make false positive errors. We…
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Beliefs are bets on the future. If we think of our belief/decision as bets, we would be more open to challenge/change it, rather than be…
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Summary of the [ Thinking Fast and Slow ] book. Does not cover the things mentioned in the other note. Heuristics Mental shortcuts to…
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Know the list of areas that you will generally be biased in(eg. I have a tendency to have a positive bias) - so that you can be more mindful…
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We want to finish a unit of anything we are consuming - we don't want to stop in the middle.
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