week 3

While I was putting together my project last weekend. I started to think more about why we have these cognitive biases and where they came from. After some reading and watching more videos than I probably needed to. I found that the source of these biases are our ancestors, and that they are formed by evolution. They are ingrained within our sub consciousness. They were developed as a shortcut to making decisions. There are many of these biases that I think are important we know about and understand. Because in addition to helping us out in making good decisions they can also cloud or thought. Hopefully I can find some interesting ways to teach and in cooperate these idea into my lesson.

Week 2

Week 2

My project is very slowly coming together. I am straightening out exactly what my presentation will consist of. I have picked out the specific biases that I will learn more about and present to the class. This week was the beginning of that process. This is difficult because I haven't found any other lesson plans or models to teach my chosen biases. So the challenge lies in finding a way to present this information, and still have everyone wake and not sleeping by the time I am done. Believe me when I say this information is useful and interesting, but it all comes down to whether I can convince my audience that.

The logical fallacies that we have been taken notes on are very similar to my chosen biases. It has made me take a step back and think about why we are subject to these biases or don't see these errors in logic. It has made me think about a whole different topic within my genius hour that I can hopefully find a way to tie into my presentation.

So far the easiest part of this project is seeing these biases play out in real life situations. I am now starting to see things and predict patterns in people's behavior solely based on my knowledge of the mind's tendency to fall victim to these biases. I now get why so many choose to study psychology in college.