The concept that I
chose for this week is the concept of confirmation bias. Confirmation bias is
the tendency to look for evidence that is in line with our assumptions or
original ideas and dismisses evidence that is against our assumption. The
reason that I chose this topic is because confirmation bias happens all the
time without our being conscious of it. For example, in the up and coming
election of Obama and Romney, it is possible that someone who is originally a republican
or who is originally a democrat might only look for information and statistics
that buffer their nominee for their view. Without even knowing we have already
decided who we want to vote for without looking at all of the facts and all of
the discussions between the two nominees. Also, it is possible that with the
information that’s given, we will distort it in a way that suits our purposes.
Confirmation bias is a very dangerous thing and can lead us away from being
good critical thinkers. We need to be able to consider all aspects of an idea
to be the best critical thinker that we can.
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