Unconscious Biases | E-Learning

You make thousands of decisions every day. Most of these decisions are made by your subconscious. Without you realizing it, it makes a pre-judgment. These rules of thumb of the brain help you to assess situations quickly and make resource-saving decisions.
These shortcuts of the brain offer advantages - they save time and energy. They are particularly tempting when you are under time pressure. They are also known as "unconscious biases".
However, unconscious biases can also lead to misjudgements and therefore suboptimal or simply wrong results. In everyday working life in particular, there are many situations where it is essential to look at the options objectively and make rational decisions.
There are hundreds of different unconscious biases. This e-learning focuses on the following:

• Cognitive distortions - unconscious biases in general
• Familiarity bias
• Herd instinct - Social Proof
• Confirmation bias
• Loss aversion
• Gender-related bias effect - gender bias