HUM 101 Colorado State University Global Campus Cognitive Biases Essay OPTION #1: COGNITIVE BIASES ESSAY
Directions:
Write an essay that addresses the following issues and questions:
As you think about your personal and professional goals and aspirations, what cognitive biases outlined by Wilke and Mata (2012) (Links to an external site.) might impede your growth? What active steps might you take to recognize and combat such biased forms of thinking? Write an essay that addresses these issues and questions.
Identify one example of scholarly research (peer-reviewed) for your final project and outline the main claim and ideas. Explain how this research on the topic you are exploring helps address any cognitive biases you may have had in your thinking. Does it help to change your thinking or approach to your topic?
Requirements:
Cite all claims and ideas using scholarly sources.
Include at least one scholarly source that is related to your topic for the final project. The CSU-Global Library (Links to an external site.) is a good place to find these scholarly sources.
Your paper should be 4-5 pages in length (not including the title page and reference page). Format your paper according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA (Links to an external site.).
You may wish to review the APA Template Paper (Links to an external site.) for help formatting your essay according to the requirements. If you need assistance with your writing style or you need writing tips or tutorials, visit the CSU-Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.). Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.
READINGS TO REFERENCE AND USE:
Required
Chapter 1 in Introduction to logic and critical thinking.
Lau, J., & Chan, J. (2017). Cognitive biases. Retrieved from https://philosophy.hku.hk/think/fallacy/biases.php
Lau, J., & Chan, J. (2017). Meaning analysis: Tutorials 1-10. Retrieved from http://philosophy.hku.hk/think/meaning/
Popova, M. (2014). How to criticize with kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett and the four steps to arguing intelligently. Brain Pickings. Retrieved from https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/03/28/daniel-dennett-rapoport-rules-criticism/
Wilke, A., & Mata, R. (2012). Cognitive bias. In: V.S. Ramachandran (Ed.), The encyclopedia of human behavior, vol. 1 (pp. 531-535). London: Academic Press. Retrieved from https://adweb.clarkson.edu/~awilke/Research_files/EoHB_Wilke_12.pdf
Recommended
Anonymous. (2015). Let’s think about cognitive bias. Nature, 526(7572), 163.
McIntyre, L. (2018). Fighting post-truth. The Humanist, 78(2), 20-22.