SERA Cycle 1 Introduction and Courses

Project n° 580247-EPP-1-2016-1-FR-EPPKA3-IPI-SOC-IN 4.3 Generalization bias, distortion bias, selection bias, omission bias Activity 15 A cognitive bias is a systematic error in thinking that affects the decisions and judgments that people make. Some of these biases are related to memory while other cognitive biases might be related to problems with attention. Since attention is a limited resource, people have to be selective about what they pay attention to in the world around them. Because of this, subtle biases can creep in and influence the way you see and think about the world. Some cognitive biases that screw up your decisions: - Confirmation bias / we tend to listen only to information that confirms our preconceptions - Ostrich effect / the decision to ignore dangerous or negative information by “burying” one’s head in the sand - Overconfidence / some of us are too confident about our abilities and this causes us to take greater risks in daily lives - Placebo effect / when simply believing that something will have a certain effect on you causes it to have that effect - Selective perception / allowing our expectations to influence how we perceive the world - Clichés / expecting a group or person to have certain qualities without having real information. As first exercise, Trainer will ask learners, by brainstorming, to tell about “Clichés” they know; he will then open debate between learners. - As drunk as a sailor - As big as a house - As busy as a bee - … To protect themselves within Internet To reflect on one’ own experiences Digital competence Learning to learn Self-reflection Learning to learn 15’