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''Cognitive bias''.
''Law.''  


Choice supporting bias is an unconscious cognitive bias.
Generally:
#In a civil case, the person complained against
#In a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.


It leads to characterising past decisions as good decisions.


Use is dependent on jurisdiction.


<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Doomed to repeat'''''</span>
For example, they are sometimes known as the 'defender' in a civil case, or the 'accused' in criminal cases.
 
:"We tend to remember our decisions as better than they were, excluding from memory events or effects that were less positive.
 
:We are then doomed to repeat poor decisions."
 
:''The Treasurer magazine, December 2018 / January 2019, p41 - Dr Pete Jones, Chartered Psychologist.''
 




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Affinity bias]]
* [[Civil law]]
* [[Bandwagon bias]]
* [[Claimant]]
* [[Behavioural economics]]
* [[Court]]
* [[Cognitive bias]]
* [[Criminal law]]
* [[Confirmation bias]]
* [[Diversity]]
* [[Dunning-Kruger effect]]
* [[Emotional intelligence]]
* [[Impostor syndrome]]
* [[Objectivity]]
* [[Optimism bias]]
* [[Reactance bias]]
* [[Self-investment bias]]
* [[Social bias]]
* [[Source bias]]


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[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
[[Category:Ethics]]

Latest revision as of 10:55, 15 July 2021

Law.

Generally:

  1. In a civil case, the person complained against
  2. In a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.


Use is dependent on jurisdiction.

For example, they are sometimes known as the 'defender' in a civil case, or the 'accused' in criminal cases.


See also