I decided to examine scenario 1 for this weeks discussion as I remember throughout school, specifically high school other students often sharing their opinion towards teachers. In this scenario, if I agreed with my roommate prior to going to class I believe this would be a availability heuristic. "Theavailability heuristicdescribes our tendency to use information that comes to mind quickly and easily when making decisions about the future" (The Decision Lab, 2024, para 1). After hearing that information about the roommates experience, I would have went into the class believing those things about the teacher since it would come to mind quickly. If I were to go to class before hearing an opinion from my roommate, I believe it could have taken me longer to form an opinion and would be more accurate. My roommate could have experienced self serving bias, for instance, the roommate could have failed an exam and blamed it on the teacher. The bias responsible for my impression could be confirmation bias because I could have simply ignored information that conflicts with my roommates statement. I believe it can be possible to fight this kind of bias. Firstly, the saying to take something with a grain of salt, meaning to not fully believe something, and to keep an open mind. I know when I was younger I would believe everything people told me, for instance, if my friend did not like someone I would automatically not like them too. When starting my new job a few of my co workers said they did not like this girl, I changed my mind set and wanted to decide for myself, turns out she was really nice. I still have my co workers opinion of her in the back of my mind but I am glad I wanted to see for myself before automatically making their opinion my opinion.

REF:

The Decision Lab. (2024). Why do we tend to think that things that happened recently are more likely to happen again? Retrieved here:Availability Heuristic - The Decision Lab

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