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A few months ago, we started talking about meta cognition. And how "Thinking about How We Think"
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Cognitive biases & Decision SCIENCE

-                  Fady M. Morcos                 -
A few months ago, we started talking about meta cognition. And how "Thinking about How We Think"

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illusion

Not all illusions are visual

cognitive illusion

illusions of thought - unconscious inferences
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how many animals did moses take into the arc?

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IN A LAKE, THERE IS A PATCH OF LILY PADS. EVERY DAY, THE PATCH DOUBLES IN SIZE. IF IT TAKES 48 DAYS FOR THE PATCH TO COVER THE ENTIRE LAKE, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR THE PATCH TO COVER HALF OF THE LAKE?

IF IT TAKES 5 MACHINES 5 MINUTES TO MAKE 5 toy cars, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE 100 MACHINES TO MAKE 100 toy cars?

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System 1 - System 2

DANIEL KAHNEMAN

alternatives?

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BIAS

 deviation of human decision making from taking an optimal (rational) option
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LEONARDO DA VINCI PAINTED THE SISTINE CHAPEL

SYSTEM 1 FAVORS UNCRITICAL ACCEPTANCE
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a bias to believe

to understand a statement you must at first believe it

UNBELIEVING IS EXPENSIVE

UNBELIEVING IS AN OPERATION OF SYSTEM 2

a bias to confirm

favoring information that confirms preexisting belief
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politics

BUILD THAT WALL!
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who's a better driver?

You drive like a girl

lighting up the brain

reacting to self contradicting statements 

The neuroimaging results, however, revealed that the part of the brain most associated with reasoning--the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex--was inactive. Most active were the orbitofrontal cortex, which is involved in the processing of emotions; and--once subjects had arrived at a conclusion that made them emotionally comfortable--the ventral striatum, which is related to reward and pleasure.

information processing

prejudged
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HALO effect

first impression

Creates an anchoring point that influence subsequent events
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System 1 - System 2

DANIEL KAHNEMAN

JEALOUS

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NERVOUS

CAN YOU ASK YOUR BRAIN TO STOP READING THE TEXT ON THE SLIDES?

PASSIONATE

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CONFIDENT

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ARE YOU STILL READING?

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DEFIANT

PLEASE STOP READING

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ANSWERING AN EASIER QUESTION

WHO SHOULD I TAKE SCI 1020 WITH? - WAS DEVALUATION THE RIGHT DECISION? 
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Law of least effort

ECONOMY OF ACTION
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cognitive ease

a false sense of security
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blind to our own Observations

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blind to our own blindness

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FALSE intuition

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control

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Stroop's experiment

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conflict

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conflict

between automatic reaction and intention to control

cognitive currency

There is no such thing as Free control
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self control

Intelligence - attention - Drug Use - emotions

ego depletion

self-control or willpower draws upon a limited pool of mental resources
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Taming Our Intuition

develop a habit of questioning your decisions
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conflict

create cognitive conflicts
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Metacognition

make an intentional effort to Understand the working of your brain
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Thank You

 

intuition

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AVAILABILITY BIAS

IF I CAN EASILY RECALL IT, THEN IT MUST BE COMMON
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AVAILABILITY BIAS

  • ATTENTION GRABBING
  • DRAMATIC EVENTS
  • PERSONAL OR NETWORK EXPERIENCE

Linda is thirty-one years old, single, outspoken, and very bright. She majored in philosophy. As a student, she was deeply concerned with issues of discrimination and social justice, and also participated in anti-racism demonstrations.

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Which of these is more probable?

  • Linda is a teacher in elementary school.
  • Linda is a bank teller.
  • Linda is an insurance salesperson.
  • Linda is a bank teller and is active in the feminist movement.
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Representative bias

occurs when the similarity of objects is confused with the probability of an outcome
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is the number of Asia-pacific Nations among UN members larger or smaller than ___?

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IS THE NUMBER OF ASIA-PACIFIC NATIONS AMONG UN MEMBERS LARGER OR SMALLER THAN ___?

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Was Gandhi older or younger than _____ years old when he died?

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WAS GANDHI OLDER OR YOUNGER THAN _____ YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED?

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What is your best guess of the number of Asia-pacific nations in the UN?

how old was gandhi when he died?

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limit of 12 cans per person

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1 for 20LE - 2 for 35LE

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Sports Illustrated

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regression towards the mean

Taming Our Intuition

develop a habit of questioning your intuition
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Thank You

 

Mona is currently a senior at AUC. She started reading fluently when she was four years old. What do you think her grade point average (GPA) is?

Taming Our Intuition

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Forecasting Sales

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