Critical Thinking in Social Psychology

Critical Thinking in Social Psychology

Everyone has preconceptions and biases that may escape personal awareness. Cognitive biases can lead to flawed thinking. As a student of psychology, you should be prepared to set aside your preconceived notions and use critical thinking to objectively evaluate information in order to minimize bias.

For this Assignment, you examine how cognitive bias has influenced your own thinking in a social psychological context and how to use critical thinking to proactively identify cognitive biases. You also consider how your awareness of cognitive bias and critical thinking will contribute to your personal, professional, and academic success.

Submit a 300- to 500-word paper, in which you:

Describe a situation in which a decision you made or a belief you had was influenced by one of the 12 cognitive biases explained in the Practical Psychology video. Be specific with how the cognitive bias influenced your decision or belief.

Critical Thinking in Social Psychology

Explain how one of the questions from the Paul and Elder (2020) resource would have helped you understand your own thinking in this situation.

Provide one specific example of how awareness of cognitive bias and critical thinking will contribute to success in your personal, professional, or academic life.

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Critical Thinking in Social Psychology

Everyone has preconceptions and biases that may escape personal awareness. Cognitive biases can lead to flawed thinking. As a student of psychology, you should be prepared to set aside your preconceived notions and use critical thinking to objectively evaluate information in order to minimize bias.

For this Assignment, you examine how cognitive bias has influenced your own thinking in a social psychological context and how to use critical thinking to proactively identify cognitive biases. You also consider how your awareness of cognitive bias and critical thinking will contribute to your personal, professional, and academic success.