If you didn't listen to last week's episode, please go back and do so.

Last week I discussed some of the common cognitive biases that can get in your way.

In this week's episode, I will expand on that topic and let you know more about why these fallacies exist in your mind,

and a few strategies to counteract them.

Welcome back to savvy psychologist.

I'm your host, Dr. Monica Johnson.

Every week on this show, I'll help you face life challenges

with evidence-based approaches, a sympathetic ear,

and zero judgment.

As a reminder, a cognitive fallacy or bias is a systematic

cognitive disposition or inclination in human thinking and reasoning that often doesn't comply in terms of logic

probability reasoning and plausibility. Cognitive biases are often a result of your brain's attempt to simplify information processing.

There are rules of thumb that help you make sense of the world and reach decisions with relative speed.

However, they can often lead to perceptual distortion,

inaccurate judgment, a logical interpretation,

or what is broadly called a rationality.

Cognitive fallacies, despite often

leading to errors in judgment or decision-making,

serve various psychological purposes,

and rise from fundamental aspects of human cognition.

Here's an overview of why some of the fallacies may exist.

The first is efficiency and information processing.

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