~ Bias, Fallacies, & Distortions ~
Often lumped together, cognitive bias, fallacious arguments, and cognitive distortions are different from one another and in some cases, dramatically different. Cognitive bias is an error in judgment that is a systematic pattern and that deviates from the norm. Fallacies on the other hand, are errors in reasoning and are always non sequiturs, arguments or statements that do not follow logical conclusions. Cognitive distortions are generally more serious errors in our thinking and reasoning as they are the result of, or are the defining characteristic of, one or more psychopathological issues and disorders. Let's take a look at each of them...
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Cognitive Bias
A cognitive bias can usually be corrected when they are brought to one's attention. There are many dozens of them. Some of the more common cognitive biases you may have heard of are as follows:
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A cognitive bias can usually be corrected when they are brought to one's attention. There are many dozens of them. Some of the more common cognitive biases you may have heard of are as follows:
- Confirmation bias:
- Bandwagon effect:
- Halo effect:
- Dunning-Kruger effect:
- Availability heuristic:
- Backfire effect:
- Fundamental attribution error:
- Barnum effect:
- In-group bias:
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