Master Cognitive Biases and Improve Your Critical Thinking (Udemy.com)

Upgrade Your Mindware! Master Cognitive Biases and Learn New Strategies to Improve the Quality of Your Thinking

( 300 Reviews )

Created by: Kevin deLaplante

Produced in 2018

What you will learn

Understand what cognitive biases are and why they're so important for critical thinking.
Understand the concept of "mindware" as a component of improving critical thinking and reasoning.
Understand how ignoring cognitive biases can open the door to disastrous decisions, reduced performance and social injustice.
Understand why many businesses and industries are offering cognitive bias training to their managers and employees.
Be able to describe several important cognitive biases -- such as confirmation bias, pattern-seeking, anchoring, and hindsight bias -- and give examples that illustrate how they operate.
Understand what "debiasing" is, and be able to describe several effective strategies for reducing the harmful effects of cognitive biases.
Explain why many businesses and organizations resist implementing debiasing strategies.

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Overall Score : 88 / 100

Course Description

Critical thinking is one of the most important skills anyone can learn. Let philosopherKevin deLaplante introduce you to the cutting edge of critical thinking education, with this entertaining and enlighteningintroduction to cognitive biases and their importance for critical thinking.

Interest in Cognitive Bias TrainingHas Exploded

Books and articles on the impact ofcognitive biases in business, finance, management, teaching, science, politics, and many other fields,have exploded in popularity in recent years.
Many industries have started offering cognitive bias training to management and workers, and the trend is growing.

Benefits of Understanding and Mastering Cognitive Biases

Cognitive biases undermine critical thinking by making us vulnerable to faulty beliefs and bad decisions. Cognitive bias training is motivated by a desire to avoid disasters, improve performance, andpromote social justice.

The good news is that there are proven strategies for neutralizing or minimizing the negative effects of cognitive biases. These "debiasing" techniques can be surprisingly simple and effective.

What You Will Learn in This Course

This course will get you up to speed on what cognitive biases are, why they're important for critical thinking, why cognitive bias training has become popular, and what sorts of "debiasing" techniques have been shown to be effective in improving the quality of thinking and decision-making.

Check outthe free preview videos in the "Getting Started" sectionfor a full breakdown of the topics covered in the course, and how the course is organized!
Who this course is for:
Anyone who is interested in improving their critical thinking skills.
Anyone who wants to learn about what psychology has taught us about human judgment and decision-making over the past forty years.
Anyone working in business or other organizations who wants to improve the quality of thinking and decision-making in their organization.

Time: 2.5h

Instructor Details

Kevin deLaplante

4.4 Rating
300 Reviews

I'm a philosopher of science by training, and I've taught philosophy and critical thinking at the university level for twenty years.
From 2009-2013 I was Chair of the Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Iowa State University.
In 2015 I left my tenured academic job to pursue a career as an independent online educator. I produce video tutorial courses on topics in science, philosophy, critical thinking and communication skills.
Ialso do consulting and coaching, and run a membership community dedicated to improving our "Argument Ninja" skills!

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By Dalia El Sebaie Mohamed on 12/20/2020

Good course

By Alexis Robinson on 12/20/2020

Very informative

By Raghu V P on 12/20/2020

It gives a good insight to the subject and deep understanding

By Joshua Waheed on 12/20/2020

This was a good course. I learned what cognitive bias is.

By Julaicy Kabistan on 11/27/2020

It was amazing, very detailed and the examples were right on top! great job !

By ANA MARIA COSEREANU on 11/20/2020

this is one of the best courses I attended in a long time. a lot of work and time has been put in to achieve this amazing course. thank you, Ana

By Anonymized User on 11/18/2020

The information, pacing, and segway music were great. The information illuminated my perception of things occurring in my personal and professional life. Now I am taking a step back and re-evaluating my perceptions. I would like to see articles and handouts along with a reading list provided as resources. This is a class that requires often refreshing and looking at materials.

By Shubhra Prasad on 11/13/2020

Great Insights !!!

By Darlene Charles on 10/27/2020

The course was really engaging and well delivered. I recognized many of my own biases, and am extremely happy that I took this course. Thank you thank you thank you.

By Ying Choon Kerene Lim on 10/25/2020

It was interesting to know how our minds work

By Ali Naji on 10/25/2020

Touched base on other topics but refrained from diving a little deeper into them. Would've been better to provide more insights about the peripheral topics to get the audience intrigued to research it on their own or even get a course on them.

By Princess Polidore on 10/23/2020