Understanding Cognitive Bias

Name: Understanding Cognitive Bias
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A free online course that teaches you about identifying and mitigating cognitive biases for better decision-making.

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In this free course, you will learn how to:

Define cognitive bias and understand its importance
Identify the types of cognitive biases
Compare the theories of biases and their effects
Explain social and memory biases
Discuss the psychological processes that cause cognitive biases
Recognize the influences of bounded rationality, heuristics, emotional motivations, and social factors
Indicate the cognitive biases in everyday life
Describe cognitive bias modification to alter biases in mental processes
Apply mitigation strategies to prevent or minimize the adverse effects of cognitive bias
Analyze the compatibility of cognitive biases with the scientific method
Discuss ways to counteract the natural inclination toward cognitive biases
Explain ways to balance the ethical considerations in using cognitive biases

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