Biases

Five years from now, I suggest that I'll remember types of biases the most vividly. Specifically, I'll remember how people hear what they want to hear; people see what they want to see; people find evidence for what they believe. These types of biases are the most apparent in everyday life because they happen in so many varying situations and are committed by so many people. As our textbook discussed, even scientists fall to bias every once in a while. It is for this very reason that I'll remember these biases the best. Every time, which is sure to be many, I see examples of these biases, I'll be reminded of psychology.
It's also likely true that I will remember them outside of seeing them first hand because I'm sure that I'll fall victim to at least one of them eventually. Being human, it seems impossible to avoid all cases of biased behavior. This is especially true considering one doesn't even realize they are occurring most of the time. Even so, however, the knowledge that bias exists is enough to bring the ideas to mind. Simply realizing that these biases exist may be enough to prevent some instances of biased behavior from ever happening.