Thinking Traps Case Study

Thinking traps are patterns in thinking that can cause people to miss sometimes critical information about someone of situation prior to receiving or knowing details. It is a preconceived notion based on believes and life experiences. Thinking traps derive from values and ethics in believe. Avoiding thinking traps is thought to build mental agility. (Cornum, R., Matthews, M. D., & Seligman, M. E., 2011). There are 8 common thinking traps according to our text. They are jumping to conclusions, Tunnel vision, magnifying and minimizing, personalizing (me, me, and me), externalizing (them, them, them,), overgeneralizing, mind reading, and emotional reasoning. We have to be honest with ourselves when it comes to creating ways avoiding thinking

(Nickerson, June 1998) Confirmation bias is demonstrated daily in ideals of politics and the way we view the world. Confirmation bias is my view is not supported by data and can’t be verified as accurate. It is simply a way for people to justify why they believe what they do or make decisions that they make. In the avoiding thinking traps case study the pilots talked themselves into believing that they were in the correct position. The first pilot in cited issues such as lack of runway lights were an issue on serval runways, thus making an attempt to justify not questioning if he was in the correct place. Confirmation bias is powerful. In the Lexington case study, multiple cues were missed by the pilots to that they should have been aware of that would let them know that they were on the wrong runway. Minimization is way to discount the positive or negative elements of a situation and which in return allows them to not be held accountable for their actions. (Hill, K.L., 2001) The crew definitely only excepted data that supported their thought processes at the time. During our couching sessions we can assist our couches how to eliminate their own confirmation biases that have the potentially derail them from reaching their overall goals. We can manage this by elevating concerns about a preconceive notion through

This is because memorable events tend to be more magnified and are likely to cause an emotional reaction. Available bias is a cognitive bias that is thought to hinder critical thinking. (Nickerson, June 1998) It is a tendency to let an example come to mind that easily affects your decision making or reasoning. There was a relatively short example of the pilots using available bias, when he stated that he remembered several runway lights being unserviceable the last time he had operated from that airfield. Availability Bias is most often associated with Attentional bias. Attentional bias could have been used in the case study against the pilots because they were aware of unserviceable runway lights at that airfield. That along should not have been to sole basis for not verifying their location. It is important to eliminate available bias also for our coaches so that they can see their objective from a clear perspective. All excuses are not necessary when you haven’t properly gauged the expectation of the event. It is the job of the coach to help manage the coaches with this bias. The coach has the ability to view an objective from a point of view that is not bias. As a result the coach will mentor the coachee in a manner that can be more beneficial to ultimate