Cognitive Biases

Third Rule of Rhetoric: How you think influences what you think

1. Read "Cognitive Biases" (p 41 - 48).
2. Write a 500 or so word essay on 3 or 4 cognitive biases. Explain why you chose the ones you did. Wherever possible, give examples. Assume your reader is not so much skeptical as inquisitve; she needs concrete and specific details more than argumentation.

   Rubric: Graded out of 100. Worth 5% of final grade. Make sure your short essay has a structure, an introduction, a couple paragraphs, and a conclusion. Get a definition wrong, - 10 points. Have no or broken structure, - 20 points. Two points subtracted for each grammar, punctuation, diction error.

3. The title for this piece should be Cognitive Biases.
4. You should read these excerpts from Thinking Fast and Slow
5. The Decision Lab offers a good overview of cognitive biases.
6. Visual example of a cognitive bias in action

7. You should also practice editing.