Psychology Assignment

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Everyone has preconceptions and biases that may escape personal awareness. Cognitive biases can lead to flawed thinking. As a student of psychology, you should be prepared to set aside your preconceived notions and use critical thinking to objectively evaluate information in order to minimize bias.

For this Assignment, you examine how cognitive bias has influenced your own thinking in a social psychological context and how to use critical thinking to proactively identify cognitive biases. You also consider how your awareness of cognitive bias and critical thinking will contribute to your personal, professional, and academic success.

CRITICAL THINKING IN APPLICATION OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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RESOURCES

Submit a 300- to 500-word paper, in which you:

Describe a situation in which a decision you made or a belief you had was influenced by one of the 12 cognitive biases explained in the Practical Psychology video

Resources

Biswas-Diener, R. (2025). An introduction to the science of social psychology (https://noba.to/s64y5c2m) . In R. Biswas-Diener & E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. DEF publishers. https://noba.to/s64y5c2m

Only read from the start of the page through “Social Psychology is a Science”.

Time Estimate: 8 min

Copyright © 2025 by R. R. Biswas-Diener and E. Diener is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Practical Psychology. (2016, December 30). 12 cognitive biases explained—how to think better and more logically removing bias (https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=wEwGBIr_RIw) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=wEwGBIr_RIw

Time Estimate: 10 min Paul, R., & Elder, L. (2020). The miniature guide to critical thinking: Concepts and tools (https://waldenu.instructure.com/courses/178209/files/14324259?wrap=1) (https://waldenu.instructure.com/courses/178209/files/14324259/download? download_frd=1) (8th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield.

Read pages 9, 14-17, and 19-22. Time Estimate: 10 min

The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools, 8th Edition by Paul, R.; Elder, L. Copyright 2020 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Reprinted by permission of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers via the Copyright Clearance Center. Licensed in 2025.

BY DAY 7

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(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEwGBIr_RIw) . Be specific with how the cognitive bias influenced your decision or belief. Explain how one of the questions from the Paul and Elder (2020) (https://waldenu.instructure.com/courses/178209/files/14324259?wrap=1) (https://waldenu.instructure.com/courses/178209/files/14324259/download?download_frd=1) resource would have helped you understand your own thinking in this situation. Provide one specific example of how awareness of cognitive bias and critical thinking will contribute to success in your personal, professional, or academic life.

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Criteria Ratings Pts

Description of how one cognitive bias affected student’s decision or belief

25 pts

Explanation of how one question from Elements of Thought or the Universal Intellectual Standards would have helped student to understand their thinking

25 pts

Example of how awareness of cognitive bias and critical thinking will contribute to success in student’s personal, professional, or academic life

20 pts

Format and writing

10 pts

25 to >21.0 pts Exemplary (Exceeds expectations) This component is fully addressed and logically presented.

21 to >17.0 pts Proficient (Meets expectations) This component is addressed. Further development would strengthen this component.

17 to >0 pts Developing (Does not fully meet expectations) This component is not present or not clearly addressed.

25 to >21.0 pts Exemplary (Exceeds expectations) This component is fully addressed and logically presented.

21 to >17.0 pts Proficient (Meets expectations) This component is addressed. Further development would strengthen this component.

17 to >0 pts Developing (Does not fully meet expectations) This component is not present or not clearly addressed.

20 to >17.0 pts Exemplary (Exceeds expectations) This component is fully addressed and logically presented.

17 to >13.0 pts Proficient (Meets expectations) This component is addressed. Further development would strengthen this component.

13 to >0 pts Developing (Does not fully meet expectations) This component is not present or not clearly addressed.

10 to >8.0 pts 8 to >6.0 pts 6 to >0 pts

Criteria Ratings Pts

Timeliness

10 pts

Total Points: 90

Exemplary (Exceeds expectations) Any spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation deviations from Standard Academic English are minor and do not affect clear communication.    Work includes more than one explicit mention of concepts or ideas from the required sources, and an effort to cite the original source was made if specified by the assignment/discussion’s directions.

Proficient (Meets expectations) The submission contains few spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation deviations from Standard Academic English, OR these deviations do not affect clear communication.     Work includes at least one explicit mention of a concept or idea from the required sources if specified by the assignment/discussion’s directions and a clear attempt at citing the source has been made.

Developing (Does not fully meet expectations) Multiple spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation deviations from Standard Academic English affect clear communication.     Work does not include any explicit mention of concepts or ideas from the required sources, OR it contains one or more explicit mentions of a concept or idea from the required sources, if specified by the assignment/discussion’s directions, but without attempting to cite the source.

10 to >8.0 pts Exemplary (Exceeds expectations)

The assignment is submitted according to posted due dates and times or late with prior consent from the instructor.

8 to >6.0 pts Proficient (Meets expectations)

The assignment is submitted within the allowed time.

6 to >0 pts Developing (Does not fully meet expectations)

The assignment is not submitted on time.