You are a competitive swimmer and you have recently won the 200 meter freestyleat the last swim meet. You decide that you are going to participate in a challenge intwo weeks, where you would have to swim across the English Channel. This is a bodyof water that is 240 km (240,000 meters) which is about 150 miles. Your coach triesto talk you out of it, saying you need to train for several months to be able to swimthat long of a distance in a body of water. You decide to do it anyway because youfeel you are in great shape and your recent win proves your are a strong swimmer.What type of bias might be helping cloud your capabilities as a competitiveswimmer?Over-confidence biasContrasting biasDunning-Kruger Effect

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Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)

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ISBN:9780134477961

Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Publisher:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Chapter1: The Science Of Psychology

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You are a competitive swimmer and you have recently won the 200 meter freestyle
at the last swim meet. You decide that you are going to participate in a challenge in
two weeks, where you would have to swim across the English Channel. This is a body
of water that is 240 km (240,000 meters) which is about 150 miles. Your coach tries
to talk you out of it, saying you need to train for several months to be able to swim
that long of a distance in a body of water. You decide to do it anyway because you
feel you are in great shape and your recent win proves your are a strong swimmer.
What type of bias might be helping cloud your capabilities as a competitive
swimmer?
Over-confidence bias
Contrasting bias
Dunning-Kruger Effect

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People might believe they are capable of making accurate decisions or that their judgment or perception is free from errors, however, this is not true. People are vulnerable to developing cognitive biases where their cognitive processes begin to evade logic or reason. As they allow people to act quickly and without conscious thought, cognitive biases improve our mental efficiency. But, such biases alter our thinking, cause us to make poor decisions & arrive at incorrect conclusions.