Chapters 9 and 10 work together looking at the defective and effective processes of decision making and problem solving. Those chapters are together in this Forum.

1. Define confirmation bias and describe at least one real life example – from your life – of this phenomenon.
2. Define false dichotomies and describe one example from your life where this tendency resulted in ineffective solutions or caused problems in some form.
3. Describe the difference between correlation and causation. Describe one example of each from your life.
4. Explain groupthink. Provide at least one example of this phenomenon.
5. Explain briefly each part of The Standard Agenda.
6. Briefly explain consensus.
7. Explain framing and reframing. Give an example of a time you had to reframe a situation for yourself or someone else.

*Remember that these assignments are meant to be written by you – not AI, and should contain proper elements to prevent plagiarism.