Cognitive Bias Review

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Henry has his drivers test next week, and although he has only driven with his mom a handful of times and has yet to practice parallel parking or 3 point turns, he believes he will easily pass because he is simply “built different”. This is an example of:

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Julia’s boyfriend likes to go to the mall with his friend group every Friday night, and although she would rather just stay at home alone, she always agrees to go because she doesn’t want  anything interesting to happen while she's not there. This is an example of:

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Pedro doesn’t have any interest in sports, but he keeps spending all of his allowance on new Bills merch because that is what his friends at school do. This is an example of:

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Lisa just got a speeding ticket, and while at first she feels panicked and upset, by the time tomorrow rolls around she barely even remembers that it happened. This is an example of:

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Jacob’s family is moving to a new house a few streets over, and although he should be excited about the much bigger and nicer room he is going to get, he is upset because all he can think about is having to pack his stuff up. This is an example of:

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Brandon decides to skip school on Friday, because he thinks it won't end up being important. However, that was the day of his Science midterm, and missing it ended up making his grade plummet. Because of that, he wasn't allowed to run at any of the track meets for the rest of the season. Unfortunately, that means the scout from his local (and #1) college couldn’t get to see him run, and he missed out on getting a huge scholarship. This is an example of: 

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William doesn’t like soccer, and he isn’t very good, but he signed up for it next fall and will spend most of his summer at soccer practice even though he’d rather be skating, just because he has done it for the past 2 years and “doesn’t want to look like a quitter”. This is an example of:

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Linas knows that bigfoot is real. He’s watched every documentary and youtube video made on the subject, and frequently goes on the reddit forums to see what the newest sasquatch scoop is. He has all this information and proof, yet, for some reason, no one seems to agree with his point of view, just because there is no “real evidence” (whatever that means). This is an example of:

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Zhanel is secretly team Edward, but she can't admit it and has to pretend to be team Jacob around all of her friends because she wants to fit in. This is an example of:

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Pamela hangs out with her friends every Friday night, but all they want to do is
stay in and watch movies without much to discuss, and she is growing sick of it.
Even though she feels this way, she still makes sure she’ll be there this week, just
in case something interesting happens this time. This is an example of:

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Ivan was really excited about the new Jordans he got, but he ended up being in a terrible mood on the first day he planned to wear them out because he wasn't able to due to stormy weather. This is an example of:

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Tina plays the stock market, a13Kylie wants to buy a new car, but she can't decide on what color to get. She thinks she wants a red one, but she has heard that red cars are more likely to get pulled over. And if she gets pulled over, then she’ll get a ticket, and then her family will lose respect for her. This line of thinking represents an example of:nd last quarter she tried investing in a new company, and it ended up paying out huge. However, when she goes to purchase her stocks for the next quarter, she doesn’t invest in the same company, because unfortunately it had been long enough that she forgot all about her “big win”. This is an example of:

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Kylie wants to buy a new car, but she can't decide on what color to get. She thinks she wants a red one, but she has heard that red cars are more likely to get pulled over. And if she gets pulled over, then she’ll get a ticket, and then her family will lose respect for her. This line of thinking represents an example of:

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Marcus and his family are waiting in line for a table at the Olive Garden. The
hostess just came out and told him that they are packed tonight, and it’ll still be
another hour until they can get a table. Marcus tells his family that they’ve
already been waiting for 20 minutes, so they might as well stay and keep on
waiting. This is an example of:

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Freddy knows that plums are bad for you, because one time he ate one and almost choked, and another time he ate one that was super old and ended up getting sick. This is an example of:

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Gia as a big algebra test coming up on Friday. Although she has all week to
study, and she has missed quite a few days of class, she decides not to study or worry about her test because she thinks she knows all she needs to. This is an example of: