Decision making | Processing the Environment | MCAT | Khan Academy

Learn about common heuristics, biases, and other factors that affect our decisions. Created by Carole Yue.



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[VyvienneEaux]

I have never had overconfidence when it comes to tests. I always have the opposite problem. And now, thanks you this video suggesting I might have overconfidence during the MCAT, I'm worried about that, too, and will be even less confident in my responses if I let it get to me. "Does this reasoning make sense or am I being overconfident?"

[jlancepolk]

me hoping I don't have any overconfidence bias with my MCAT in three days

[TheSaneInternational-SNI]

Well, I am binge watching these psychology videos just for fun, and gotta admit, the last example was sooo cool.
Literally blew my mind. Like HOW IT CAN BE SOO DAMN easy to completely change a decision, that too, in just a few seconds, only by changing the way it was presented. Goshhh, psychology is fun !

[trivenisatyanarayana]

Excellent Video, Thanks for Sharing.

I was not able to take decision, but now with the help of “right decisions” Mobile app by Hanumappa. Decision making has become fun and easy for me.

[royalbloodedledgend]

I’m a victim of a firework wielding shark

[Brahmarshi]

Decision Making ; Decision Mapping Process.. Management by Objective and Hey MSL Systems of evaluating ones performance for awards and rewards..or otherwise..Thank you.

[youssefomar]

hi every body. I have a problem, would anybody help me, I am studing physical therapy, it's my first year in university, I love physical therapy, and there are no problems with studying, I get really high marks in exams, but the problem is that I don't know what I am doing here, I don't want to be a physiotherapist, I like reading In business and want to be an entrepreneur, I don't know should I stop studying physical therapy, and go to business school, or should I study business just beside my physical therapy course which is my parents opinion.

[kejaylenanaanazelidinpendo]

is it weird that I picked option A in the last question both times?

[DanDascalescu-dandv]

Answering "Is it more likely to die from a shark attack or..." is not a decision (or is a lame one). You can look up the facts.

A decision is "Should I marry this person" or "Should I take this job", "Where to live" etc.

This video is actually about reasoning fallacies.

[thmllkmn]

Holy crap those electoral candidate and deadly disease examples aged like milk lol

[jessicas]

Awesome video, but the feminist example is a terrible one. I can understand the conjunction fallacy, but I can't understand a woman with bachelor degree in philosophy that fights against non-representativity being also against equal rights for man and woman (which is basically the definition of a feminist). Only if she would be some kind of hypocrite, which I don't think is what the example meant at all.

[NickGhale]

fuck me why am I so easily manipulatable

[TheModization]

i am feminist and im triggered from this video!