“Cognitive and Affective Biases in High Stakes Decision Making”
1. Cogni&ve
and
Affec&ve
Biases
in
High
Stakes
Decision-‐Making:
The
Poten&al
Role
of
“Cogni&ve
Assistants”
Discussion
and
Idea&on
Session
with
the:
Cogni&ve
Systems
Ins&tute
Group
Dominique
Liana
Russo
Harvard
John
F.
Kennedy
School
of
Government
February
25th,
2016
2. Agenda
§ Gree&ngs
§ Introduc&on
to
Dr.
Lerner
§ Why
Does
This
MaWer
§ Primer
for
Research
Findings
§ Overview
of
Select
Research
Findings
v Cogni&ve
Biases
v Affect
in
Decision-‐Making
§ Poten&al
Roles
of
“Cogni&ve
Assistants”
–
A
Discussion
3. Introducing
Dr.
Jennifer
Lerner
Harvard
University,
Kennedy
School
of
Government
Dr.
Jennifer
Lerner
is
Professor
of
Public
Policy
and
Management
at
the
Harvard
Kennedy
School
of
Government
and
Co-‐founder
of
the
Harvard
Decision
Science
Laboratory.
She
is
the
first
psychologist
in
the
history
of
the
Harvard
Kennedy
School
to
receive
tenure.
Drawing
insights
from
psychology,
economics,
and
neuroscience,
her
research
examines
human
judgment
and
decision
making.
5. Proposed
Defini&ons
for
Discussion
Cogni&ve
Bias
An
error
in
thinking,
oIen
systemaJc,
that
affects
human
judgment
and
decision-‐making
Affec&ve
Bias
An
error
in
thinking,
caused
by
incidental
emoJon
or
combinaJon
of
emoJons
that
(oIen
systemaJcally)
affects
human
judgment
and
decision-‐
making
6. Agenda
§ Gree&ngs
§ Introduc&on
to
Dr.
Lerner
§ Why
Does
This
MaWer
§ Primer
for
Research
Findings
§ Overview
of
Select
Research
Findings
v Cogni&ve
Biases
v Affect
in
Decision-‐Making
§ Poten&al
Roles
of
“Cogni&ve
Assistants”
–
A
Discussion
7. Thank
you!
Please
inform
Dianne
if
you
would
like
a
presenta5on
and
list
of
research
publica5ons
to
be
posted
Dominique’s
Contact
Info:
dominique_russo@hks16.harvard.edu
or
dlrusso@alum.mit.edu
