Cognitive Bias. The Confirmation Bias

Description

Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Psychology – Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, Kozminski University, course: Principles of Psychology, language: English, abstract: The term ‘cognitive bias’, also known as ‘psychological bias’, was first mentioned by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman at the beginning of the 1970s. It describes a phenomenon which happens uncountable times a day within the human brain: making decisions and judging issues although facing various limitations, such as, information or time. By using a heuristic tool one reaches a satisfying conclusion (cf. Wilke and Mata, 2012) The paper on hand focuses on the confirmation bias.

• Author: Lisa-Marie Langfeld
• Publisher: GRIN Verlag
• Published: 2020-03-30
• Pages: 10
• ISBN-13: 9783346139047