Cognitive Distortions & Analytical Thinking

Cognitive Distortions & Analytical Thinking

Psychologists have identified a number of cognitive biases that lead to flawed thinking, which you have explored in this week’s Learning Resources and Learning Activity. In this Discussion, you will examine how a specific cognitive bias has influenced your own thinking. You will also explore how to use critical thinking to proactively identify cognitive biases.

To Prepare

Reflect on what you learned about cognitive biases and critical thinking from completing the Learning Activity.

View the video on cognitive biases. Identify one cognitive bias from the video that has influenced a decision you made or a belief you had.

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Review the Learning Resources on critical thinking and pay particular attention to questions associated with Paul and Elder’s (2020) Elements of Thought and Universal Intellectual Standards. Consider how you could use at least one of the questions to identify bias in your thinking.

Cognitive Distortions & Analytical Thinking

Describe an example of when one of the 12 specific cognitive biases from the video this week affected a decision you made or a belief you had.

Explain how the bias affected your decision or belief. Be specific.

Identify one question from the Elements of Thought or the Universal Intellectual Standards in the Paul and Elder (2020) Learning Resource that would have helped you identify your biased thinking. Explain how.

Respond to at least one colleague who discussed a different cognitive bias than you did. Identify a different question from the Elements of Thought or the Universal Intellectual Standards that they could have used to identify their biased thinking and explain how.

Cognitive Distortions & Analytical Thinking

Describe an example of when one of the 12 specific cognitive biases from the video this week affected a decision you made or a belief you had.

Explain how the bias affected your decision or belief. Be specific.

Identify one question from the Elements of Thought or the Universal Intellectual Standards in the Paul and Elder (2020) Learning Resource that would have helped you identify your biased thinking. Explain how.

Respond to at least one colleague who discussed a different cognitive bias than you did. Identify a different question from the Elements of Thought or the Universal Intellectual Standards that they could have used to identify their biased thinking and explain how.