Meaning of cognitive bias | Babel Free

Definitions

A systematic deviation from norms of rationality and objectivity in judgment or perception.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“Cognitive biases can be adaptive when they speed decision-making.”

“When the government realised that a new virus was circulating, Chinese officials didn’t advise hand washing, a better cough etiquette and disposing of tissues. They quarantined entire cities and shut down the economy. As one former secretary of state for health in England put it to me, our scientists suffered from a “cognitive bias” towards the milder threat of influenza.”

CEFR level