Critical Thinking and Reasoning notes

WGU D265 critical thinking reason and evidence – course requirement solution Confirmation Bias - a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence How to Identify Sources of bias Incomplete information intentional deception influence from past personal experience intentional persuasion to strengthen a position common types of cognitive biase - Bandwagon - Anchoring - The Dunning-Kruger Effect - The Sunk Cost Fa...

WGU D265 critical thinking reason and evidence – course requirement solution Confirmation Bias - a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence How to Identify Sources of bias Incomplete information intentional deception influence from past personal experience intentional persuasion to strengthen a position common types of cognitive biase - Bandwagon - Anchoring - The Dunning-Kruger Effect - The Sunk Cost Fa...