University of Basra organizes a symposium on cognitive biases and their impact on the workplace

The Department of Educational and Psychological Sciences, in cooperation with the Continuing Education Unit at the College of Education for Girls, hosted a symposium on cognitive biases and their impact on the workplace, presented by teachers Maysaa Abdel Hussein and Abeer Khudair.

The symposium discussed the concept of cognitive biases, their patterns, the negative effects they have on workplaces in all organizations, and their interpretation in light of social comparison theory.

The symposium recommended therapeutic methods to reduce its negative effects by encouraging cooperation, dialogue and discussion in the workplace, and that the leader be cooperative with the team and a good listener to all parties without any bias towards a particular party and work towards equality and achieving justice in promotions and rewards.