Theory, Evidence, Belief, and Bias: Cognitive Biases

Please review the chapter Cognitive Biases from Measuring human capabilities: An agenda for
basic research on the assessment of individual and group performance potential for military
accession, the video Concepts Unwrapped | Implicit Bias and the article Is This Source or
Information Good? The purpose of this discussion is to contrast theories, evidence, beliefs, and
biases. Link to Implicit Bias | Concepts Unwrapped https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoBvzIYZf4&feature=youtu.be&t=126
Link to Is this source or information good? https://library.csuchico.edu/help/source-or-informationgood
Using concepts from the assigned readings,
Define what a theory is.
Explain the role of evidence in supporting a theory.
Explain how to go about finding credible sources of information to support a theory.
Describe one example of how a personal bias may differ from a theory