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Case Study: Give an example of a time when you may have committed one of the cognitive heuristics and biases discussed in this chapter. What factors (e.g., availability; salience) caused the error, and what was the outcome of your use of the shortcut or heuristic? What do you see as the general advantages and disadvantages of using this bias in your everyday life? Describe one possible strategy you could use to reduce the potentially harmful effects of this bias in your life.

Assessment Information

Course Learning Outcomes

Question 1: the major theories of social psychology and their specific viewpoints/explanations of human social behavior

Question 2: how social psychological principles can be applied to everyday life

Question 3: the terminology of the field

Question 4: the methods of research used by social psychologists

This assignment assesses unit objectives:

Question 3: Understand the difference between automatic and controlled thinking. It is aligned with CLO 2 and 3.

Question 5: Identify and differentiate among the varied heuristics and cognitive biases. It is aligned with CLO 2 and 3.