Ethical And Professional Issues Flashcards
1
Q
Define the terms ‘bias’, ‘cognitive bias’, ‘contextual bias’ and ‘confirmation bias’
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BIAS - preference for or against a person, thing, group, idea or behaviour
COGNITIVE - poor or bad judgment based on perceptual distortion, illogical interpretations or irrationality
CONTEXUAL - influence by clues surrounding the topic but now the context itself
CONFIRMATION - tendency to search for and use only information that supports a belief or hypothesis
