BUS 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: False Dilemma, Confirmation Bias
6 Feb 2016
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These biases are psychological, not biases in the racist/sexist sense, Subconscious mental tendencies, usually rooted in intuition, that lead. They are powerful, pervasive, and resist educational efforts etc. us into errors of judgment or decision. Conclusions are reached based on how a situation is described. When we attach too much importance to a single piece of information (especially when stated early in decision making process). Leads us to focus on evidence that confirms our prior beliefs. A tendency to over-estimate how much other people agree with us. Flawed types of arguments so common that we"ve named them. Any argument in which the arguer criticizes a weakened/distorted. I can"t believe employees. you think training isn"t important! . Problem: a straw man argument misses the point by focusing on something no one said. Any argument that focuses on criticizing a person, rather than focusing. Example: forget about martin"s suggestion for how to finance this.
