What specific steps can you start taking today to counteract the cognitive biases you have? Choose one bias you feel most applies to you, and develop and explain a plan to counteract it. (Don’t choose confirmation bias or disconfirmation bias, since that was the topic of our last Unit’s Discussion Board.) Many biases we’re studying are below:overtrusting shady sourcesundertrusting reliable sources overtrusting anecdotesovertrusting hearsayovertrusting my own memoryclosed-mindednessopen-mindedness to a faultmath biasesoverconfidencesocial pressure of conformitysocial pressure of normalcyfamiliarity biasrationalizationFollow the Unit 7 reading “A Short Guide to Counteracting Biases” in creating your plan to mitigate your bias, and include the following in it:List events or times in your life that consistently trigger this bad habit. (see section III of “A Short Guide to Counteracting Biases”)What is a reasonable action or thought process you could do instead to replace the way you typically respond? (see section III of “A Short Guide to Counteracting Biases”)What aids can you set up today to help begin the process of replacing your bias with reasonable behavior? (see section IV of “A Short Guide to Counteracting Biases”)

One cognitive bias that I'll focus on is "overtrusting my own memory." This bias can lead to errors…

List events or times in your life that consistently trigger this bad habit. (see section III of “A Short Guide to Counteracting Biases”) What is a reasonable action or thought process you could do instead to replace the way you typically respond? (see section III of “A Short Guide to Counteracting Biases”) What aids can you set up today to help begin the process of replacing your bias with reasonable behavior? (see section IV of “A Short Guide to Counteracting Biases”)

List events or times in your life that consistently trigger this bad habit. (see section III of “A Short Guide to Counteracting Biases”) What is a reasonable action or thought process you could do instead to replace the way you typically respond? (see section III of “A Short Guide to Counteracting Biases”) What aids can you set up today to help begin the process of replacing your bias with reasonable behavior? (see section IV of “A Short Guide to Counteracting Biases”)