These biases can unknowingly impact your thoughts and behaviors.
Our experiences, culture, social norms, and personal beliefs often shape these beliefs.
The way we act on these biases can be either conscious or unconscious and can lead toprejudicedor discriminatory behaviors.
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In doing so, we tend to ignore information that contradicts ourbeliefs, which can lead us toward untruths.
She says that this is intellectually dangerous because it leads to unfair judgments of others.
At the same time, you might engage in critical thinking and seek diverse perspectives and opinions from others.
One approach to challenging beauty bias is consciously focusing on a person’s qualities and abilities when evaluating them.
It can hinder their ability to socialize, find employment, or make meaningful friendships.
For young people, it can also impact their ability to be taken seriously in professional prefs.
This is also referred to as “youngism.”
The Contrast Effect
The contrast effect tends to sneak up on us.
Its a cognitive bias where the comparison of two things influences your perception of both.
This can lead to inaccurate perceptions and judgments of individuals being evaluated in comparison to another.
Summary
We’re all prone to cognitive distortions.
Sometimes we’re on the receiving end, while other times we’re the ones making quick judgments.
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