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- 6. Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favour, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values. People display this bias when they select information that supports their views, ignoring contrary information, or when they interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing attitudes. The effect is strongest for desired outcomes, for emotionally charged issues, and for deeply entrenched beliefs. Confirmation bias cannot be eliminated entirely, but it can be managed, for example, by education and training in critical thinking skills. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias Confirmation Bias
- 7. Negativity Bias The negativity bias, also known as the negativity effect, is the notion that, even when of equal intensity, things of a more negative nature (e.g. unpleasant thoughts, emotions, or social interactions; harmful/traumatic events) have a greater effect on one's psychological state and processes than neutral or positive things. In other words, something very positive will generally have less of an impact on a person's behaviour and cognition than something equally emotional but negative. The negativity bias has been investigated within many different domains, including the formation of impressions and general evaluations; attention, learning, and memory; and decision-making and risk considerations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negativity_bias#:~:text=The%20negativity%20bias%2C%20also%20known,processes%20t han%20neutral%20or%20positive
- 8. Blind Spot Bias The bias blind spot is the cognitive bias of recognizing the impact of biases on the judgment of others, while failing to see the impact of biases on one's own judgment. Most people appear to exhibit the bias blind spot. In a sample of more than 600 residents of the United States, more than 85% believed they were less biased than the average American. Only one participant believed that he or she was more biased than the average American. People do vary with regard to the extent to which they exhibit the bias blind spot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_blind_spot
- 9. Anchoring Bias Anchoring or focalism is a cognitive bias where an individual depends too heavily on an initial piece of information offered (considered to be the "anchor") to make subsequent judgments during decision making. Once the value of this anchor is set, all future negotiations, arguments, estimates, etc. are discussed in relation to the anchor. Information that aligns with the anchor tends to be assimilated toward it, while information that is more dissonant or less related tends to be displaced. This bias occurs when interpreting future information using this anchor to gauge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring_(cognitive_bias)
- 13. This appeared in a local newspaper, shaming workers as being illiterate. Many news portals simply take material from social media and post it as theirs's – ending up giving credence to fake news.
- 14. A University media student managed to add this fake graffiti on a photo of this tower. It is very convincing but it is just Photoshop work. The tower has no such graffiti. TVM picked this photo from Social Media, built a story around it and posted the following news….
- 15. At least during the evening news bulletin, the newscaster excused herself for this blunder.
- 16. A case of confirmation bias. The Pope never said these things. Many though believed it because it appealed to their personal beliefs. When confronted with the reality, their reaction was – “But it is good.”
- 17. People were outraged, without realizing that Pork is not eaten by Muslims and therefore there is no use of it being Halal!
- 19. Even though drinking lots of water is very healthy, the claims made in this meme are mainly false. One would hope that the internal organs are still active while sleeping, for instance with no need to be activated when we wake up.