Master Cognitive Biases and Improve Your Critical Thinking

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Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based

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₹ 2,299
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Udemy

The syllabus

Getting Started

  • Welcome to the Course!
  • Who is Kevin deLaplante?
  • What Will I Learn in This Course?

What is a Cognitive Bias?

  • What is a Cognitive Bias?
  • "Biased" does NOT mean "Prejudiced" or "Bigoted"
  • An Example: The Gambler's Fallacy
  • The Most Important Discovery of Modern Psychology

Cognitive Biases and Their Importance for Critical Thinking

  • A Central Aim of Critical Thinking
  • "Mindware": Tools for Smart Thinking

Why Are So Many Industries Offering Cognitive Bias Training To Their Employees?

  • Why is Everyone Talking About Cognitive Biases?
  • Reason 1: Avoiding Disasters
  • Reason 2: Improving Performance
  • Reason 3: Promoting Social Justice
  • All of This is Just APPLIED CRITICAL THINKING

A Gentle Introduction to Cognitive Biases

  • There Are Hundreds of Cognitive Biases
  • We'll Look at FOUR in Detail

(1) Confirmation Bias

  • What is Confirmation Bias?
  • Biased Memory and the Lunar Effect
  • Biased Search for Information (I): Interviews and Framing Effects
  • Biased Search for Information (II): How Questions Can Manipulate Memory
  • Biased Interpretation of Information: Mulder, Scully and Giant Alien Spiders

(2) Pattern Seeking

  • We're Very Good at Seeing Patterns ... Maybe Too Good
  • We See Faces Everywhere: Why?
  • Cognitive Biases and Adaptive Shortcuts
  • Stairway to Heaven, Britney Spears, and Backmasking
  • Looking for Meaning in German Carpet Bombing Patterns

(3) The Anchoring Effect

  • What is the Anchoring Effect?
  • How Much is This Jacket Really Worth?
  • The Basic Shortcut: "Anchor and Adjust"
  • Irrelevant Anchors: Judges Literally Roll Dice on Damages
  • How to Use Anchoring to Manipulate Public Opinion

(4) Hindsight Bias

  • What Is Hindsight Bias?
  • How Hindsight Bias is Demonstrated
  • Hindsight Bias, 9-11 and Earthquake Prediction

Introduction to Debiasing Strategies

  • Debiasing Strategies: Overview
  • What is Debiasing?
  • Debiasing the Decision-Maker
  • Debiasing the Environment

Why Businesses Often Resist Debiasing

  • Five Reasons Why Businesses May Resist Debiasing
  • We Have a BLIND SPOT When It Comes to Our Own Biases

Debiasing Strategies that Work

  • The General Problem: Narrow Thinking
  • (1) Consider the Opposite
  • (2) Make People Accountable
  • (3) PREMORTEM Analysis
  • (4) The Value of Checklists
  • (5-1) The Benefits and Risks of Group Decision-Making
  • (5-2) The Debiasing Effects of Diversity
  • (5-3) How to Get the Most Out of Brainstorming

Wrapping Up

  • What's Next?
  • Bonus Lecture: Other Courses I Teach and Services I Offer

Instructors

Mr Kevin deLaplante

Mr Kevin deLaplante
Philosopher
Freelancer

Ph.D

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