Overcoming Cognitive Bias
Overcoming Cognitive Bias
What you’ll learn
Skills you’ll gain
Your brain processes a ton of information each day, and in order to avoid maxing out your cognitive load, it has to take shortcuts in order to process all of this information. One of the most common shortcuts is using cognitive bias, which is a damaging pattern that hinders your ability to think rationally and make effective decisions. In this course, taught by executive coach and clinical psychologist Dr. Alessandra Wall, you'll learn about ten common cognitive biases people are prone to. These include confirmation bias, hindsight bias, authority bias, availability bias, and others. Being aware of these biases, and learning how to effectively manage them, will have many practical implications in various areas of your life. These include smarter entrepreneurship, improved relationships, better decision-making in finances, and more accurate judgment overall. Once you understand these cognitive biases, you can mitigate and overcome them.
Syllabus
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Confirmation bias In order to make better decisions, you must be able to evaluate the information presented to you properly. 2m
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Hindsight bias Whenever we make decisions, we tend to review them and attempt to confirm it was the right decision to make. 3m
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Better than average bias Did you know that most people think they're better than average, even though that's not possibly the case? 2m
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Attribution bias Our beliefs are grounded in why we think things happen or have happened. 3m
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Availability bias Have you ever felt like you hit more red lights when you're running late? 3m
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Backfire bias When you present people with facts, they rarely change their mind. 4m
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Authority bias When people take the stage, we often give them more attention. 2m
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Inattentional blindness bias Experiments show we often encounter situations where we miss things happening directly in front of us. 2m
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Anchoring bias Very improbable events will probably occur if the event happens enough. 2m
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Blind spot bias We have a tendency to accept that other people have blind spots in their beliefs, but feel we don't. 2m
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Next steps Thank you for watching this course. 1m
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Instructor
Alessandra Wall, PhD
Dr. Wall is an executive coach, leadership consultant, and former clinical psychologist who specializes in helping senior executive women secure deeply satisfying and successful careers on their terms. Companies and individual women hire her to help leaders operate with excellence, lead powerfully, and drive growth without burning themselves or their teams out. Over the last two decades, her work has transformed the lives of hundreds of executive women in the US and Europe and changed workplaces for the better at scores of companies ranging in size from start-ups to Fortune 100 corporations.
Alessandra Wall, PhD
Executive Coach, Speaker and Psychologist at Noteworthy
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