The Ultimate Guide To Critical Thinking (140 Techniques)

Become a better critical thinker by learning how to identify cognitive biases that get in the way of rational thinking.

What you'll learn
Recognize when you or someone else is potentially operating under a cognitive bias
De-bias your own thinking so that you can process information more rationally
Build stronger arguments by scanning them for potential cognitive bias
Requirements
An interest in improving your critical thinking skills
Description
In this course, you'll learn a collection of cognitive biases that will improve your critical thinking skills.What is critical thinking?It starts with the word critic…meaning to criticize.Critical thinking is about taking a skeptical look at anything you hear or read.It's about checking things out before assuming they are true.A good analogy is the antivirus scanner on your computer.It download millions of "signatures" from the company who creates the software.Each signature is tested against each file that the software scans. If anything in the file matches one of the virus "signatures", that means it's a potentially dangerous file and will be quarantined.Cognitive biases are similar.In this course youll learn dozens of these "signatures" that will help you debias your thinking so that you are less likely to fall victim to a cognitive bias distorting your thinking.This course is unlike any other course I've created.Each lecture has a standard formula:1. The name of the cognitive bias2. Any other synonyms (alternate names) for the cognitive bias3. A simple explanation of the bias4. A real world example of the cognitive bias in action5. Commentary on how the cognitive bias evolved to be adaptive to the environment, and how it may be related to other cognitive biases (if applicable)Get ready to take your thinking skills to the next level.See you on the inside,Timothy

Overview

Section 1: Introduction (Cognitive Bias Vol 1 - Info Overwhelm Errors)

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Download the MP3s of All Lectures Here

Section 2: Vol 1 - The Effects of Priming on Attention

Lecture 3 Availability Heuristic

Lecture 4 Attentional Bias

Lecture 5 Illusory Truth Effect

Lecture 6 Mere Exposure Effect

Lecture 7 Contrast Effect

Lecture 8 Mood-Congruent Memory Bias

Lecture 9 Frequency Illusion

Lecture 10 Empathy Gap

Lecture 11 Omission Bias

Lecture 12 Base Rate Fallacy

Section 3: Vol 1 - The Effects of More Noticeable Things on Attention

Lecture 13 The Bizarreness Effect

Lecture 14 The Humor Effect

Lecture 15 The Picture Superiority Effect

Lecture 16 The Self-Relevance Effect

Lecture 17 Negativity Bias

Section 4: Vol 1 - The Effects of Change on Attention

Lecture 18 Anchoring

Lecture 19 Conservatism

Lecture 20 The Distinction Bias

Lecture 21 The Focusing Effect

Lecture 22 The Framing Effect

Lecture 23 The Money Illusion

Lecture 24 The Weber-Fechner Law

Section 5: Vol 1 - The Varieties of Bias Towards Confirming Evidence

Lecture 25 Confirmation Bias

Lecture 26 Post-Purchase Rationalization

Lecture 27 Choice-Supportive Bias

Lecture 28 The Observer-Expectancy Effect

Lecture 29 The Experimenter's Bias

Lecture 30 The Ostrich Effect

Section 6: Vol 1 - The Varieties of Bias Against the Objectivity of Other People

Lecture 31 The Bias Blind Spot

Lecture 32 Naive Cynicism

Lecture 33 Naive Realism

Section 7: Vol 2 - Introduction (Cognitive Bias Vol 2 - Missing Info Errors)

Lecture 34 Introduction

Section 8: Vol 2 - How to Avoid Seeing Patterns That Don't Exist

Lecture 35 Confabulation

Lecture 36 The Clustering Illusion

Lecture 37 Insensitivity to Sample Size

Lecture 38 Neglect of Probability

Lecture 39 The Anecdotal Fallacy

Lecture 40 The Illusion of Validity

Lecture 41 The Masked Man Fallacy

Lecture 42 The Gambler's Fallacy

Lecture 43 The Hot Hand Fallacy

Lecture 44 Illusory Correlation

Lecture 45 Pareidolia

Lecture 46 Anthropomorphism

Section 9: Vol 2 - How to Avoid Getting Trapped in Stereotype Thinking

Lecture 47 Group Attribution Error

Lecture 48 Ultimate Attribution Error

Lecture 49 Stereotyping

Lecture 50 Essentialism

Lecture 51 Functional Fixedness

Lecture 52 The Moral Credential Effect

Lecture 53 The Just-World Hypothesis

Lecture 54 Authority Bias

Lecture 55 Automation Bias

Lecture 56 The Bandwagon Effect

Lecture 57 The Placebo Effect

Section 10: Vol 2 - How to Avoid the Curse of Familiarity

Lecture 58 Out-Group Homogeneity Bias

Lecture 59 The Cross-Race Effect

Lecture 60 In-Group Bias

Lecture 61 The Halo Effect

Lecture 62 The Cheerleader Effect

Lecture 63 The Positivity Effect

Lecture 64 The Not Invented Here Bias

Lecture 65 Reactive Devaluation

Lecture 66 The Well-Traveled Road Effect

Section 11: Vol 2 - How to Manage the Tendency to Simplify Numbers

Lecture 67 Mental Accounting

Lecture 68 Normalcy Bias

Lecture 69 Zero Sum Bias

Lecture 70 Survivorship Bias

Lecture 71 The Subadditivity Effect

Lecture 72 The Denomination Effect

Lecture 73 The 7 Plus or Minus 2 Effect

Section 12: Vol 2 - How to Avoid Projecting Your Current Mindset onto Your Past and Future..

Lecture 74 The Illusion of Transparency

Lecture 75 The Curse of Knowledge

Lecture 76 The Spotlight Effect

Lecture 77 The Illusion of Asymmetric Insight

Section 13: Vol 2 - How to Avoid Projecting Your Beliefs onto Other People

Lecture 78 Self Consistency Bias

Lecture 79 Restraint Bias

Lecture 80 Projection Bias

Lecture 81 Pro-Innovation Bias

Lecture 82 Time-Saving Bias

Lecture 83 The Planning Fallacy

Lecture 84 Impact Bias

Lecture 85 Moral Luck

Lecture 86 Outcome Bias

Lecture 87 Hindsight Bias

Section 14: Vol 3 - Introduction (Cognitive Bias Vol 3 - Complex Info Errors)

Lecture 88 Introduction

Section 15: Vol 3 - Dealing with Highly Complex Situations

Lecture 89 Occam's Razor

Lecture 90 The Conjunction Fallacy

Lecture 91 The Bike-Shedding Effect

Lecture 92 The Rhyme as Reason Effect

Lecture 93 Belief Bias

Lecture 94 Information Bias

Section 16: Vol 3 - Social Bias Effects

Lecture 95 Status Quo Bias

Lecture 96 Social Comparison Bias

Lecture 97 The Decoy Effect

Lecture 98 Reactance

Section 17: The Bias Towards Getting Things Done

Lecture 99 The Backfire Effect

Lecture 100 The Endowment Effect

Lecture 101 Processing Difficulty Effect

Lecture 102 The Pseudocertainty Effect

Lecture 103 The Disposition Effect

Lecture 104 Zero-Risk Bias

Lecture 105 Unit Bias

Lecture 106 The Ikea Effect

Lecture 107 The Generation Effect

Lecture 108 The Sunk Cost Fallacy

Section 18: Bias Towards The Immediate Issue

Lecture 109 The Identifiable Victim Effect

Lecture 110 The Appeal to Novelty

Lecture 111 Hyperbolic Discounting

Section 19: The Defensive Stance Bias

Lecture 112 The Peltzman Effect

Lecture 113 Effort Justification

Lecture 114 Trait Ascription Bias

Lecture 115 Defensive Attribution Error

Lecture 116 The Fundamental Attribution Error

Lecture 117 The Illusion of Control

Lecture 118 Self-Serving Bias

Lecture 119 The Barnum Effect

Lecture 120 Optimism Bias

Lecture 121 The Dunning-Kruger Effect

Lecture 122 The False Consensus Effect

Lecture 123 The Third-Person Effect

Lecture 124 Social Desirability Bias

Section 20: Vol 4 - Introduction (Cognitive Bias Vol 4 - False Memory Errors)

Lecture 125 Introduction

Section 21: Vol 4 - Memory Storage Heuristics

Lecture 126 The Google Effect

Lecture 127 The Next-In-Line Effect

Lecture 128 The Testing Effect

Section 22: Vol 4 - Memory Effects of Lists and Sequences of Events

Lecture 129 The Serial Position Effect

Lecture 130 Memory Inhibition

Lecture 131 The Modality Effect

Lecture 132 Duration Neglect

Lecture 133 List-Length Effect

Lecture 134 Misinformation Effect

Lecture 135 Leveling and Sharpening

Section 23: Vol 4 - Memory Deletion Baises

Lecture 136 Fading Affect Bias

Lecture 137 Negativity Bias

Lecture 138 Implicit Associations Part 1

Lecture 139 Implicit Associations Part 2

Section 24: Vol 4 - Memory Source and Spacing Effects

Lecture 140 The Spacing Effect

Lecture 141 Suggestibility

Lecture 142 False Memory

Lecture 143 Cryptomnesia

Lecture 144 Source Confusion

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