The Importance Of The Confirmation Bias

If you are human, you have cognitive biases. Even if you say, "I don't have any biases.", you do. It's one of the things that make us human, and not some sort of robot. Although there are hundreds upon hundreds of biases, some of these biases are very prominent in our daily lives. They are the Confirmation Bias, or the bias that you always like being in groups that agree in what you think of, In-group Bias, which makes us suspicious of people in other groups, Gambler's Fallacy, the fallacy that the next time will be in your side, Post-Purchase Rationalization, which makes us think about why we bought things after we bought them, Neglecting Probability, how we sometimes don't put probability into account, Observational Selection Bias, where if we have something, we see a lot of other people having it, Status-Quo Bias, where we always like sticking to a regular routine and don't actually want change, Negativity Bias, when we only listen and pay attention to things that are negative and not positive, Bandwagon Effect, where we want to cheer for what the group is cheering for, Projection Bias, where we always

It is rare to see anybody cheering for the away team. Also, if you look at the Super Bowl, most of the fans sit at their teams end goal. This is because of the bandwagon effect. It happens all the time, from games to corporate meetings. This ties into politics in many ways, such as the first presidential candidate commercial. This commercial was for Dwight D. Eisenhower's run for president in 1952. Throughout this commercial, you can see and hear the characters saying, "I like Ike", and saying that good Americans are voting for Ike, and you should vote for him too, since you consider yourself as a good American. This uses the bandwagon effect by telling people that most people are voting for Ike, and you should too. This is now used in many presidential campaign