Cognitive Biases and Their Effect on Critical Thinking:The Believing Brain


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ClassGraphic Much of what we remember and believe is flawed or simply wrong. Our brains seem to constantly generate false observations, memories, and beliefs—and yet we tend to take the truth of our experiences for granted. This course will cover the way we perceive the world around us. Everything we think we see, hear, and experience is not a direct recording of the outside world; it is a construction. The brain filters information by accessing beliefs first and then looking for supporting evidence. Mechanisms that impact our understanding of the world can be defined as “cognitive biases.” Biases are tendencies and proclivities that all people have, and they range from the mundane and silly to harmful.
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Class Details

5 Session(s)
Weekly - Mon

Location
OLLI

Instructor
Donald Webb 

 

Notice

Please read:  Suggested reading (will be discussed during the last class):
  • Thomas Gilovich: How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life (Free Press, 1991)
  • Michael Shermer, The Believing Brain (Times Books, 2011)

    • Tuition: 

    $50.00

    Registration Closes On
    Sunday, November 9, 2025 @ 12:00 AM

    Schedule Information

    Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s) Instructional Method
    11/10/2025 - 12/8/2025 Weekly - Mon 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM Kingston, OLLI  Map Donald Webb  ClassRoom

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