Sentences with phrase «as confirmation bias»

This is referred to as a confirmation bias.

Comparatively little attention has been paid to overcoming the biases that psychologists have identified, except insofar as this might serve the national security objective of discouraging extremism through the introduction of measures to combat effects such as confirmation bias.15 It is still possible to envisage behavioral science playing a part in the great social experiment of providing the kind of public education that nurtures the critical faculties of everyone in our society.

Just that the adjustment gave the answer the adjuster expected to get, also known as confirmation bias.

IMO, the influence of biases such as confirmation bias run across political orientation and underlie the basic mechanics of our psychological makeup and reasoning processes.

If so, why, when it seems that much of his point is that it is important to consider the potential for biases (such as confirmation bias) to influence how people perform and perceive analyses?

This is known as confirmation bias.

We are more likely to believe a statement if it confirms our preexisting beliefs, a phenomenon known as confirmation bias.

But when we are presented with the same pattern over and over again it is easy to fall victim to what is known as confirmation bias, or coming to false conclusions because the evidence we use does not come from a broad enough sample.

Power not only can change how your brain works, you're also susceptible to the same irrational cognitive biases, such as confirmation bias, as everyone else.

Most relevant here is that the cognitive bias known as confirmation bias will lead you to accept information supporting your belief and reject information that contradicts your belief.

Not exact matches

People who resist them will compile and present evidence proving their Or model correct and the And model wrong, which those of us who see opportunity to grow, learn, and improve our lives will see as showing their confirmation bias.

In practical business terms, if I quickly establish myself as credible through just a few good decisions in a row, a few good first impressions, or any other set of positive interactions, I am establishing positive confirmation bias.

Karsan suspects that Research In Motion has been a victim of a phenomenon he sees often as a value investor: confirmation bias, the tendency to selectively place undue importance on items that confirm one's original opinion.

In all of the above cases the entrepreneur who is susceptible to the confirmation bias will look for information and analyze it in a way that will yield: 1) fewer competitors rather than more, because it increases the viability of the start - up, 2) underestimation of the capabilities of the competition because stronger competitors will make life harder for the entrepreneur, 3) view of the company's product as fully addressing the needs of the customer because otherwise the start - up is at a weaker position in the marketplace, and 4) need for less resources rather than more because it generally makes raising the money easier.

Confirmation bias is defined as the tendency to search for and interpret information in a way that confirms one's own existing preconceptions, beliefs and opinions.

Studies in behavioral finance, which look into the effects of investor psychology on stock prices, also reveal investors are subject to many biases such as confirmation, loss aversion and overconfidence biases.

Ensuring that hot - hand fallacy, cognitive dissonance, and confirmation bias are not disproportionately leading a portfolio's overall allocations astray may become increasingly important as the current environment evolves.

As I like to say, confirmation bias at its best.

Ensuring that hot - hand fallacy, cognitive dissonance, and confirmation bias are not disproportionately leading a portfolio's overall allocations astray may become increasingly important as the current low - yield environment evolves.

Post by Iroy contains instances of confirmation bias and concludes with a form of the flawed argument known as Pascal's Wager.

You are also exhibiting behavior that falls within what is known as «confirmation bias»; you are selecting those parts of what you observe that you think support your belief, while ignoring the many obvious facts that contradict it.

But understanding our biases, our confirmation seeking, our craving for answers, and all other mind - centered dilemmas (as you so ably write), is key to transcending artificial, unnecessary divisions between people.

His training as an illusionist had made him realise he was prone to the same confirmation bias (counting the hits and ignoring the misses) that he recognised in psychics, astrologists and all manner of other belief systems he rejected.

As tempting as it is to succumb to this kind of confirmation bias, we have to be betteAs tempting as it is to succumb to this kind of confirmation bias, we have to be betteas it is to succumb to this kind of confirmation bias, we have to be better.

So you chalk up the «hits» as confirming your girt of prophacy and if they miss it is not your fault... please, please look up «confirmation bias».

A classical example of confirmation bias is accepting the Bible and Genesis as the way the earth was created as fact!

Enabling that sort of confirmation bias is almost as soft as the crybabies themselves.

You're falling for confirmation bias as you're clearly ignoring the number of chances screwed up by Giroud.

I'm starting to believe the anti-kid vocalizations in our culture «make sense» considering as this article alludes to, the more you see segregation in your culture the more confirmation bias this affords that kids SHOULD or HAVE to be segregated.

So interpretation of royal numbers tends to be blighted by a data problem known as «confirmation bias» - which basically means «you get what you look for».

All these elements fit into what is known as the «confirmation bias» — our tendency to look for information that fits with what we already believe.

As a result, trial and error, lives are taken, confirmation bias sets in, greed takes over and we become blocked off from seeing the real issues.

The study has since been lambasted, as it was found that Keys cherry - picked his data in a classic case of confirmation bias.

Perhaps this trend is one I've picked out due to confirmation bias as I'm on the hunt for the perfect, timeless and classic camel coat.

Taste is now confused with what's been identified as «confirmation bias.»

To suggest these exultant visions of beauty constitute a reflexive confirmation of existing stereotypes of Los Angeles as a vacuum filled with pretty airheads speaks more to the biases of the accuser than to those of Malick.

In this lesson, students consider the definition and responsibilities of «citizen watchdogs,» develop a culminating set of strategies or guidelines for combating confirmation bias as they consume and create news and information, and consider the very powerful role of social and mobile media as tools for social change.

As I like to say, confirmation bias at its best.

Common behavioral mistakes such as following the herd, choice paralysis and confirmation bias can impact the ability of managers to make investment choices objectively.

Further, this episode highlights the dangers of «confirmation bias» as discussed in Article 5.1.

(as is confirmation bias) What I AM saying is that we must try better to understand when bias is used (whether it be in reading a review or reacting to one) and react more appropriately.

As far as video game reviews are concerned, there seems to be a fair bit of confirmation bias not only in the creation of the reviews, but also in the way that we as a community react to theAs far as video game reviews are concerned, there seems to be a fair bit of confirmation bias not only in the creation of the reviews, but also in the way that we as a community react to theas video game reviews are concerned, there seems to be a fair bit of confirmation bias not only in the creation of the reviews, but also in the way that we as a community react to theas a community react to them.

With that being said, here are several ways to reduce and possibly avoid confirmation bias as a reviewer and as a reader of reviews.

[Response: Do you think that scientists are not well aware of the possibility of confirmation bias or have no sense of «human nature» as you call it?

But to ascribe significance to any variations that go in your favoured direction and dismiss any variations as insignificant when they go against it looks very obviously like confirmation bias.

I don't see much here in the way of people encouraging understanding as compared to (largely narcissistic) processes of confirmation bias — but I don't see anything to criticize from the simple fact of her providing a forum.

And I would offer a similar criticism of that as well, as IMO, you neither ground that form of analogizing in a scientific manner; as I have told you, I think that your inclusion and exclusion criteria selection process is quite arbitrary, and I don't think that it is coincidence that it confirms your distinction of a group you belong to («skeptics») from a group you criticize («realists») in ways that (1) reaffirm a superiority in the group you belong to and, (2) I consider to be superficial and not meaningful as compared to the vastly more important underlying similarities (e.g., the tendency toward identity protective behavior, motivated reasoning, cultural cognition, confirmation bias, emotively - influenced reasoning, etc.)...

I will say this; I little no doubt that just as is true of everyone else, including you, Dan's work is influenced by cultural cognition, or other manifestations of motivated reasoning (I think I have seen evidence of confirmation bias, for example).

Personally, I see arguments rooted in motivated reasoning and confirmation bias as being ineffective.

I think people see this as selective reasoning or confirmation bias and therfore find it difficult to trust what they are being told.