Judgment Errors: How can one of these explain why you are having trouble persuading them?

Judgment Errors

Imagine a situation in which you want to persuade a person or several people to take action along the lines of your belief. They believe otherwise. Now consider judgment errors introduced this week: Bias blind spot; better-than-average effect, belief perseverance, fundamental attribution error, self -serving bias, and confirmation bias.

  • How can one of these explain why you are having trouble persuading them?
  • How can you try to fix that or counter it, based on what you know from your readings?