Master Cognitive Biases and Improve Your Critical Thinking
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What you’ll learn
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Understand what cognitive biases are and why they’re so important for critical thinking.
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Understand the concept of “mindware” as a component of improving critical thinking and reasoning.
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Understand how ignoring cognitive biases can open the door to disastrous decisions, reduced performance and social injustice.
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Understand why many businesses and industries are offering cognitive bias training to their managers and employees.
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Be able to describe several important cognitive biases — such as confirmation bias, pattern-seeking, anchoring, and hindsight bias — and give examples that illustrate how they operate.
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Understand what “debiasing” is, and be able to describe several effective strategies for reducing the harmful effects of cognitive biases.
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Explain why many businesses and organizations resist implementing debiasing strategies.
Critical thinking is one of the most important skills anyone can learn. Let philosopher Kevin deLaplante introduce you to the cutting edge of critical thinking education, with this entertaining and enlightening introduction to cognitive biases and their importance for critical thinking.
Interest in Cognitive Bias Training Has Exploded
Books and articles on the impact of cognitive biases in business, finance, management, teaching, science, politics, and many other fields, have exploded in popularity in recent years. Many industries have started offering cognitive bias training to management and workers, and the trend is growing.
Benefits of Understanding and Mastering Cognitive Biases
Cognitive biases undermine critical thinking by making us vulnerable to faulty beliefs and bad decisions. Cognitive bias training is motivated by a desire to avoid disasters, improve performance, and promote social justice.
The good news is that there are proven strategies for neutralizing or minimizing the negative effects of cognitive biases. These “debiasing” techniques can be surprisingly simple and effective.
What You Will Learn in This Course
This course will get you up to speed on what cognitive biases are, why they’re important for critical thinking, why cognitive bias training has become popular, and what sorts of “debiasing” techniques have been shown to be effective in improving the quality of thinking and decision-making.
Check out the free preview videos in the “Getting Started” section for a full breakdown of the topics covered in the course, and how the course is organized!
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who is interested in improving their critical thinking skills.
- Anyone who wants to learn about what psychology has taught us about human judgment and decision-making over the past forty years.
- Anyone working in business or other organizations who wants to improve the quality of thinking and decision-making in their organization.
12 reviews for Master Cognitive Biases and Improve Your Critical Thinking
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Francis Anwana –
I was looking for a course on critical thinking but this was more about cognitive biases. Although I got to understand the link between cognitive biases and critical thinking, it wasn’t exactly what I wanted (considering that I searched for critical thinking on udemy, this came up as one of the top courses). It is a great course on cognitive biases and how to combat them. I think some extra content on identifying cognitive biases in arguments, opinions etc would be very helpful.
Gabriel Ayodeji S. –
This course is really great. It has helped me in identifying biases and expanding my thinking pattern to effective decision making.
Christine Akpa –
Kevin Delaplant is a phenomenal speaker with clear and concise teaching methods. This course was one of the most complex, engaging skills I have had the opportunity to learn and highly recommend to others. Thank you
Jean Kosobucki –
It was a good course, but I did not like the first section. Too many references to books and being read to from the highlighted sections. Good from Section 2 on.
DHANRAJ CHANGALAMKUNNATH –
Examples are good but there should be more relatable and real time examples to clear out specific topics
Patrick Egeland –
A great introduction to biases, with real world demonstrations and effective tools to mitigate some of the most common ones. Very accessible course!
Michael Corkery –
Very interesting course and does provide you to think differently. However, I think it could be a little bit more interactive and cut down in time a little bit
Maricris Abuzman –
It was eye opening and at times mind blowing how cognitive bias works. I would admit it takes effort to de-bias and start looking at issues in general using a wider perspective, but knowing how you may be susceptible to certain biases is a good first step. Thank you for this training!
Jennifer Lam –
Kevin provided lots of information that is commonly seen in everyday life. Being aware helps us better plan things for work or for personal life. Would recommend.
Feng Vang –
Knowledge is power, and knowing this information helps me be more aware of myself. The instructor keeps it engaging and provides excellent examples and real life events.
Jubilee –
Very engaging and well-organized lectures.Gave specific enough examples that can then be used. Techniques were easy to understand and apply
Mariano Lin Jasso –
So far so good, very engaging and clear with information – So far within the first 5 minutes thou, is going good dont expect the content to change however. Update: content delivery did not change