Cognitive dissonance and bias Flashcards
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Cognitive dissonance
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The psychological tension that occurs when our thoughts, feelings and/or behaviours do not align with one another
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Reducing cognitive dissonance
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Changing your thoughts to align with your behaviour
Changing your behaviours to align with your thoughts
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Cognitive bias
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are unconscious, systematic tendencies to interpret information in a way that is neither rational nor based on objective reality.
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Confirmation Bias
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The tendency to search for and accept information that supports our prior beliefs or behaviours
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False consensus bias
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The tendency to overestimate the degree to which other people share the same ideas and attitudes as we do
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