Cognitive Bias VideoSong

A VideoSong on the various types of cognitive bias for my AP Psychology students.

Warning... Attention... Achtung... The grammar police (or grammar gestapo) have detected several typographical errors within the subtitles of the song. I admit several things (1) was careless when making this (2) didn't think it would go viral (3) was unprepared for the grammar gestapo's onslaught of biased attacks and (4) cannot fix, change and reupload this without breaking the incoming links from NYT, Buzzfeed, BoingBoing and a thousand twitter feeds. So because of these things I am going to leave it as is. The song and people seeing it are more important than the typos. I've discussed this with my students and they agree. So shut up.


Anyway...
I promised my classes that I would play them a song before their test on Monday Dec 21... But we had two snow days in a row so I am trusting that they will watch this in advance in order to study for the test on cognition.

Even if only one of the lines from this song get stuck in one kid's head and retrieved during the AP Psych exam I will have done my job!

Lyrics:
I'm biased because I knew it all along... hindsight bias... I knew it all along.
hindsight bias... I knew it all along

I'm biased because I putyou in a category which yo may or may not belong...
representativeness bias don't stereotype this song

I'm biased because of a small detail that throws off the big picture of the thing
Anchroing bias see the forest for the trees

I'm biased toward the first example that comes to my mind
availability bias to the first thing that comes to mind

Oh oh bias don't let bias into your mind

Bias don't try this...
it'll influence you thinking
and memories, don't mess with these
but you're guilty of distorted thinking

Cognitive bias
your mind becomes blinded
decisions and problems you've
been forced to solve them wrongly


I'm biased because I'll only listen to what I agree with
confirmation bias ... your narrowminded if you are this

I'm biased because I take credit for success but no blame for failure
self-serving bias... my success and your failure

I'm biased when I remember things they way I would've expected them to be
expectancy bias false memories are shaped by these

I'm biased becase I think my opinion now was my opinion then
self-consistency bias but you felt different way back when


Oh oh bias don't let bias into your mind... Bias don't try this, it'll inlfuence you thinking and memories, don't mess with these but you're guilty of distorted thinking. Cognitive bias your mind becomes blinded; decisions and problems you've been forced to solve them wrongly!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Video Song
• Cognitive BIas
• Brad Wray
• AP Psychology
• Arundel High School

[MoriorV]

More teachers need to be like you. I think it is great when a teacher goes out of their way to help their students learn and be interested in both the information and the process of learning. Your students are very lucky indeed!

[wraybm1]

@MoriorV Thanks a bunch!

[aznnit3]

thumbs up if your a student from uws watching this lol

[diepiriye]

Thanks for this.

[thatemilygirl101]

This has been stuck in my head since mr. wray showed us this in class like a month ago xD

[MegaClarinetlover]

Song is officially stuck in my head for basically ever! Hey at least I will remember it!!!!!

[Jess12110669]

thumbs up if your psych teacher sent you here.

[wellevk]

Played this for my classes before their test on Thinking and Language (I'm an AP Psych teacher). They loved it. Thanks.

[LQFlanders]

I have to say that I'm guilty at times of Expectancy Bias. Very informative and entertaining!

[kokoricharmed]

@Zaq1216 I'm hearing this song and I have to memorize these for tomorrow. FUCK YEAH!

[Zaq1216]

I wish I heard this song when I had to memorize these