Availability Bias - Learn to overcome this common cognitive bias

Have you ever seen a plane crash in a movie and then felt anxious about flying? You may have been experiencing availability bias (more commonly known as the availability heuristic). In this video, I walk you through the problems that it can cause, and how to use critical thinking to overcome it.

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Fordham, Debra. “My Life in Four Cameras.” Scrubs, created by Bill Lawrence, performance by Zach Braff, et al., season 4, episode 17, NBC, 15 Feb. 2005.

Information References

“Availability Heuristic.” The Decision Lab, https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/ava....

“Case Report Data & Graphs.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 8 July 2022, https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegler....

chris.drew.98031506. “15 Availability Heuristic Examples (2022).” Helpful Professor, 19 Aug. 2022, https://helpfulprofessor.com/availabi....

“The Cognitive Biases Caused by the Availability Heuristic.” The Cognitive Biases Caused by the Availability Heuristic, https://www.betterup.com/blog/the-ava....

Gleason, Celia. “Availability Heuristic and Decision Making.” Availability Heuristic and Decision Making - Simply Psychology, https://www.simplypsychology.org/avai....

Sayour, George. “Whitewater Rafting: Safer than You Think.” TripSavvy, TripSavvy, 4 Nov. 2019, https://www.tripsavvy.com/whitewater-....

Sinn, Mike P. “Anti-Terrorism Spending 50,000 Times More than on Any Other Threat.” Think by Numbers, 29 Mar. 2022, https://thinkbynumbers.org/government....

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