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Unconscious Bias: Mental Short Cuts May Slow You Down
Learn how to identify and avoid mental shortcuts to lessen the influence of your biases.
Mindscaling
Updated Oct 09, 2024
What you'll learn
- Recognize when you're taking a mental short cut
- Identify situations where you use mental shortcuts
- Begin to minimize your unconscious bias by avoiding short cuts
Course Description
Mental short cuts go by many different names. They happen when you react or make a decision without considering all the information you have available. Instead, you might consider only the most recently-received information. What happens when you react without enough information is that your biases have much more influence over your decisions. Learn to identify and avoid mental shortcuts to lessen the influence of your biases.
