Agustín is looking for a new album to listen to and searches throughout a record store, comparing several different albums. He finds an album that he remembers hearing two of his friends praise in the past. Agustín thinks that because two of his friends liked it, he will like it too; however, he fails to notice that he has many other friends who have not told him their opinions on the album.What type of faulty thinking is Agustín displaying?confirmation biasbias blind spotpresent/present biasavailability heuristic

A psychologist is developing a lecture on cognitive bias, which is the tendency to think in ways that are not rational. Read the piece of information in each row, then select the section where it fits best.SectionsBiases in decision-making and beliefSocial biasesBiases and errors in memoryIn-group bias: The tendency to give better treatment to others in your group.Endowment effect: The tendency to think something is more valuable if you already have or own it.Consistency bias: Recalling your attitudes and behavior in the past as resembling those in the present.Confirmation bias: The tendency to favor information that confirms your preconceptions.

Which of the following was NOT suggested in your textbook as a way to combat perceptual inaccuracies?Multiple Choiceavoiding biased opinionsknowing yourselffocusing on the characteristics of othersconsidering the context

Terrance has had a difficult time dealing with stress lately because of past traumatic experiences that have been bothering him. He goes to see a therapist and tells her his problem. His therapist, Janice, recently read an article about adjustment disorder. She suggests that Terrance may have this disorder and diagnoses him accordingly.Janice’s diagnosis is not purely based on her client’s symptoms but is partially influenced by the –. Because as a trained psychologist Janice should be aware of her susceptibility to faulty thinking, her mistake is an example of the –.confirmation biasavailability heuristicbias blind spotpresent/present bias

In the video of Jane Elliott and the experiment with the children with blue and brown eyes, the teacher demonstrated a cognitive error when she made an assumption and then only paid attention to the data that supported her assumption or belief, and ignored any data that might challenge her beliefs or assumption. This error is calledGroup of answer choicesBias by DefaultConfirmation BiasIgnorance is BlissBlissful Ignorance

What are the flaws of our thinking brain?a.All of theseb.We are far from the consequences of our decisions, and hence do not update our viewsc.We are too invested in our opinions of ourselvesd.We have a hard time seeing any system we are in