Question

(b) Do you think cognitive bias had the potential to influence the U.S. military's decision-making process with respect to reinforcing its fighter planes?

Answer 1

Answer:

A cognitive bias refers to an error type in thinking that arises when people are processing and interpreting information in the world around them. In U.S. military's decision making process in context to reinforcing its fighter planes (e.g., how to approach a target, who is judged to be friend or foe), cognitive biases have the potential influence the quality of the decisions and their outcomes. The soldiers are usually put into the position of having to judge others’ motives to reinforcing its fighter planes, such as having to judge the motives of enemy, high tensions and prior incidents can possible contributing as a cause in confirmation bias.