"Jumping to Conclusions" is one of the cognitive distortions that i recognize in my thinking the most. i usually anticipate that things will turn out badly which causes me to rush ahead and rely on intuitive judgments
@erajshahzad99 it's good that you are aware of yourself only then a person can move towards the improvements. We all fall in the traps of cognitive distortions but it can be overcome by being mindful about one's ownself.
I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but I'm reminded of cognitive fallacies as well as the mental shortcuts or heuristics brought out by authors such as Stuart Sutherland in his book 'Irrationality' and Daniel Kahneman in 'Thinking Fast, Thinking Slow'.
Here there may be many such as the sunk-cost fallacy an example of which is going to see a film at the cinema and failing to leave if it's rubbish film as one might reason 'that they've paid now so may as well stay' but in fact, this is erroneous thinking since then you're wasting time too. Or the sunk cost fallacy is what many gamblers fall into.
Another fallacy gamblers may fall into is thinking that since they have lost a lot of games they are due for a win. When in fact chance doesn't work like that.
Another cognitive fallacy we might fall into is illustrated by the following question: a coin has landed on heads 10 times in a row what will the next toss land on? Some might be tempted to say tails as it's due, but in fact, it's always 50/50 chance. In a long enough sequence of tosses, one would expect to see 10 or even 100 land on the same side.
These are some of the most well-known cognitive fallacies, but some such as logical fallacies take place within the arena of argument.
For instance, there's the argumentum ad populum fallacy in which a thing is argued for simply because it's a popular belief.
Another logical fallacy might include the Argumentum ad Antiquitum argument or argument by antiquity where a position is held to be true just because it has been believed for a long time - one might imagine bloodletting for a good example.
I try not to fall into any of these traps, but probably do without realising as these cognitive fallacies and logical fallacies tend to sneak up on you. That's why reading such books as I've outlined can really help.
I always overthink about the things in a negative way. For instance: if I take my expensive mobile outside, I always think it will get snatched.
"Jumping to Conclusions" is one of the cognitive distortions that i recognize in my thinking the most. i usually anticipate that things will turn out badly which causes me to rush ahead and rely on intuitive judgments
I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but I'm reminded of cognitive fallacies as well as the mental shortcuts or heuristics brought out by authors such as Stuart Sutherland in his book 'Irrationality' and Daniel Kahneman in 'Thinking Fast, Thinking Slow'.
Here there may be many such as the sunk-cost fallacy an example of which is going to see a film at the cinema and failing to leave if it's rubbish film as one might reason 'that they've paid now so may as well stay' but in fact, this is erroneous thinking since then you're wasting time too. Or the sunk cost fallacy is what many gamblers fall into.
Another fallacy gamblers may fall into is thinking that since they have lost a lot of games they are due for a win. When in fact chance doesn't work like that.
Another cognitive fallacy we might fall into is illustrated by the following question: a coin has landed on heads 10 times in a row what will the next toss land on? Some might be tempted to say tails as it's due, but in fact, it's always 50/50 chance. In a long enough sequence of tosses, one would expect to see 10 or even 100 land on the same side.
These are some of the most well-known cognitive fallacies, but some such as logical fallacies take place within the arena of argument.
For instance, there's the argumentum ad populum fallacy in which a thing is argued for simply because it's a popular belief.
Another logical fallacy might include the Argumentum ad Antiquitum argument or argument by antiquity where a position is held to be true just because it has been believed for a long time - one might imagine bloodletting for a good example.
I try not to fall into any of these traps, but probably do without realising as these cognitive fallacies and logical fallacies tend to sneak up on you. That's why reading such books as I've outlined can really help.