Examining Evidence for a Taxonomy of Cognitive Biases
Abstract
This study tested Oreg and Bayazits (2009) taxonomy of cognitive biases. Using a sample of 469 U.S. Army Soldiers and six biases that represented the proposed categorization, a variety of analyses were conducted to establish the validity of the taxonomy with the goal of advancing theory and the understanding of cognitive biases. However, little evidence was found in support of the taxonomy. Specifically, although verification and simplification biases were more strongly related to biases of the same category than to other categories, there was not a clear pattern for regulation biases. Moreover, individual differences (e.g., neuroticism) proposed by Oreg and Bayazit (2009) largely did not meaningfully predict heuristics-and-biases task performance. Overall, if research on cognitive bias is to be pragmatic and have real-world applications, cognitive bias as a construct needs to be better defined. In addition, measures of cognitive bias need to include both between- and within-subjects measures, and scoring methods should be revisited.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2022
- Accession Number
- AD1179319
Entities
People
- Alissa C. Fleming
- Nikki Blacksmith