INFORMATION DEFICIT DISTORTION The information that we actually

INFORMATION DEFICIT & DISTORTION The information that we actually absorb is influenced by: The amount of information that we absorb The TYPE of information that we absorb The emotions that surface for us at the time that we are interpreting incoming information or data www. osullivansolutions. ie

FACTORS INFLUENCING TYPE OF INFORMATION ABSORBED We create our own unique filters for perceiving and interpreting our world, based on: • The values and beliefs that we have formed, particularly during our formation. • The experiences of significant others in our lives, and how their values and beliefs were portrayed to, and internalized by us. www. osullivansolutions. ie

OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING TYPE OF INFORMATION WE ABSORB: Inattentional or Selective Attentional Blindness The Monkey Business Illusion (Daniel Simons) www. osullivansolutions. ie

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Other factors influencing type of information we absorb: Assimilation Bias We focus only on that which we want to see, because this affirms our perceptions. This is called Assimilation Bias. However, we also tend to see and hear only that on which we are focused, so this becomes a never-ending cycle of information reduction and as well as information distortion. www. osullivansolutions. ie

Other factors influencing type of information we absorb: Fundamental Attribution Error: Presuming that the behaviour of another person is because of some personal trait (lazy) whereas our own behaviour is caused by external forces and outside our control. ‘She is lazy – I just did not have enough time’ False Consensus Bias: Thinking we are ‘normal’ in our behaviour and that other kinds of behaviour are outside the ‘norm’. Stereotyping: Judging and having a set idea about a group of people www. osullivansolutions. ie

INFORMATION DEFICIT & DISTORTION The information that we actually absorb is influenced by: The amount of information that we absorb The type of information that we absorb The EMOTIONS that surface for us at the time that we are interpreting incoming information or data www. osullivansolutions. ie

HOW EMOTIONS INFLUENCE THE INFORMATION ABSORBED Our perception of an event and therefore the amount and type of information that we absorb, is also influenced by the emotions that surface for us at the time that we interpret the information available to us. www. osullivansolutions. ie

AMYGDALA HIJACK When our amygdala is triggered by a perceived threat or stimulus, the oxygen and glucose necessary for cognitive thinking is diverted from our frontal brain to the amygdala in our mid-brain for the processing of emotions The frontal brain is then deprived of oxygen and glucose and is unable to function effectively at a rational level, and so we cannot think cognitively www. osullivansolutions. ie

DECISION MAKING Every decision we make is governed by our emotions, and then we are calm we use our rational thinking to justify the decision we made! www. osullivansolutions. ie