NON-FICTION | COGNITIVE BIAS

Cognitive Bias – The Psychology Behind Why We Do What We Do

How many times have you heard the phrase “Don’t judge a book by its cover?”Well, that phrase could be summed up in the idea of cognitive bias

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How do we make decisions? Can we trust our own judgment? What are the psychological factors behind why we do what we do?

Cognitive bias describes the way people make judgments about things based on their past experiences and beliefs, rather than what’s actually happening at the time.

For example, if someone has been burned by getting married once, they might assume all marriages are destined to fail, even if their current partner is wonderful and devoted to them.

Read on to learn more about how cognitive biases can impact your behaviour and make you question your own judgment.

Hindsight Bias

Sometimes referred to as knew-it-all-along syndrome, hindsight bias is a cognitive bias that influences our memory of events. We tend to believe we…