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Upgrade Your Mindware
Getting Started
What Will I Learn in This Course? (3:50)
What is a Cognitive Bias?
What is a Cognitive Bias? (1:37)
"Biased" does NOT mean "Prejudiced" or "Bigoted" (1:11)
An Example: The Gambler's Fallacy (2:33)
The Most Important Discovery of Modern Psychology (3:04)
Cognitive Biases and Their Importance For Critical Thinking
A Central Aim of Critical Thinking (1:18)
"Mindware": Tools for Smart Thinking (7:01)
Why Are So Many Industries Offering Cognitive Bias Training?
Why Is Everyone Talking About Cognitive Biases? (2:04)
Reason 1: Avoiding Disasters (5:55)
Reason 2: Improving Performance (6:21)
Reason 3: Promoting Social Justice (8:00)
All Of This Is Just APPLIED CRITICAL THINKING (1:37)
A Gentle Introduction to Cognitive Biases
There Are HUNDREDS Of Cognitive Biases (2:44)
Well Look at FOUR in Detail (0:42)
(1) Confirmation Bias
What is Confirmation Bias? (1:02)
Biased Memory and the Lunar Effect (3:11)
Biased Search for Information (I): Interviews and Framing Effects (4:27)
Biased Search for Information (II): How Questions Can Manipulate Memory (2:57)
Biased Interpretation of Information: Mulder, Scully, and Giant Alien Spiders (4:41)
(2) Pattern Seeking
We're Very Good at Seeing Patterns ... Maybe Too Good (0:48)
We See Faces Everywhere. Why? (1:27)
Cognitive Biases and Adaptive Shortcuts (4:50)
Stairway to Heaven, Britney Spears and Backmasking (9:37)
Looking For Meaning in German Carpet Bombing Patterns (2:25)
(3) The Anchoring Effect
What is the Anchoring Effect? (0:42)
How Much is This Jacket Really Worth? (2:46)
The Basic Shortcut: "Anchor and Adjust" (2:00)
Irrelevant Anchors: Judges Literally Roll Dice on Damages (2:24)
How to Use Anchoring to Manipulate Public Opinion (2:08)
(4) Hindsight Bias
What is Hindsight Bias? (1:18)
How Hindsight Bias is Demonstrated (3:32)
Hindsight Bias, 9-11 and Earthquake Prediction (4:51)
Introduction to Debiasing Strategies
Debiasing Strategies: Overview (0:47)
What is Debiasing? (0:43)
Debiasing the Decision-Maker (1:49)
Debiasing the Environment (or "How to Make You Stop Littering") (3:22)
Why Businesses Often Resist Debiasing
Five Reasons Why Businesses May Resist Debiasing (5:10)
We Have a BLIND SPOT When It Comes to Our Own Biases (3:12)
Debiasing Strategies That Work
The General Problem: Narrow Thinking (2:03)
(1) Consider the Opposite (1:57)
(2) Make People Accountable (1:50)
(3) Pre-Mortem Analysis (2:53)
(4) The Value of Checklists (2:47)
(5-1) The Benefits and Risks of Group Decision-Making (1:48)
(5-2) The Debiasing Effects of Diversity (3:50)
(5-3) How to Get the Most Out of Brainstorming (2:42)
Wrapping Up
What's Next? (2:27)
"Biased" does NOT mean "Prejudiced" or "Bigoted"
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