Accepting another individual's input as a fact.
Anchoring Heuristic can be a have a negative effect on my decision of which college to pick. For example, there was a college in Texas Huston-Tillotson University, a historically (predominantly) black college, my mother disagreed with me going there because of a bad reputation it had. Instead she gave me a suggestion of going to St. John’s University, saying it has a better reputation and it is close to home. Anchoring heuristic in this case will have a negative effect in my college choice because instead of researching more about Huston-Tillotson University, I would have just accepted my mother’s advice. Thankfully I did not because there is not recent, in the past 10 years, any problems or reports …show more content…
Overconfidence- similar to being conceited, cocky or arrogant.
A problem with overconfidence in my decision making is believing that I am a special case and whichever college I wish to go to will pick me. As a result of this, I only apply to one or two colleges expecting to be accepted, even when there is less than a fifty percent chance of me being accepted. This will have a negative effect on me because if I apply to just one or two colleges expecting to get accepted into both, there is a larger possibility they might not accept me and I will have to either start for the next semester or just wait out one academic year.
ii. Belief Perseverance- An example can be that as an eighty-five to eighty-nine average student my grade will help me to get into college. There is no need for extracurricular, like sports, after school work or leadership programs my grade will suffice. Though you teachers, parents and guidance counselors have told you that these days colleges are looking for a well-rounded student inside and outside of school, you still believe you grade will be enough to put you in certain colleges. This will have a negative effect on me because college today are looking of well-rounded students in almost every aspect of their lives not only academics. If someone and I had the same scores however, the other person has after school volunteering or sports, there is a higher possibility they will be
Anchoring Heuristic can be a have a negative effect on my decision of which college to pick. For example, there was a college in Texas Huston-Tillotson University, a historically (predominantly) black college, my mother disagreed with me going there because of a bad reputation it had. Instead she gave me a suggestion of going to St. John’s University, saying it has a better reputation and it is close to home. Anchoring heuristic in this case will have a negative effect in my college choice because instead of researching more about Huston-Tillotson University, I would have just accepted my mother’s advice. Thankfully I did not because there is not recent, in the past 10 years, any problems or reports …show more content…
Overconfidence- similar to being conceited, cocky or arrogant.
A problem with overconfidence in my decision making is believing that I am a special case and whichever college I wish to go to will pick me. As a result of this, I only apply to one or two colleges expecting to be accepted, even when there is less than a fifty percent chance of me being accepted. This will have a negative effect on me because if I apply to just one or two colleges expecting to get accepted into both, there is a larger possibility they might not accept me and I will have to either start for the next semester or just wait out one academic year.
ii. Belief Perseverance- An example can be that as an eighty-five to eighty-nine average student my grade will help me to get into college. There is no need for extracurricular, like sports, after school work or leadership programs my grade will suffice. Though you teachers, parents and guidance counselors have told you that these days colleges are looking for a well-rounded student inside and outside of school, you still believe you grade will be enough to put you in certain colleges. This will have a negative effect on me because college today are looking of well-rounded students in almost every aspect of their lives not only academics. If someone and I had the same scores however, the other person has after school volunteering or sports, there is a higher possibility they will be