Our ability to make decisions can be influenced by psychological concepts that may or may not help. It can be particularly difficult to remain objective when dealing with a controversial issue where people often have strong beliefs and feelings about one side only. For example, consider the case of gun control laws. Apply the science of decision making to analyze how the gun control debate is presented by opposing sides. In your answer, include how the availability heuristic, framing, and confirmation bias would each influence the debate.

Considering the debate over gun control, one individual is in support of gun control and looks for stories and points of view to reaffirm that gun ownership must be limited, so when stories about shootings in the media are shown, she feels that her current beliefs are supported.

Another individual, on the other hand, is firmly opposed to gun control, and also looks for sources to reconcile with his position, so when stories about shootings come up, he feels that hir current beliefs are supported as well.

Although these individuals read the same story, their different interpretations are confirming their beliefs, because their bias leads to profile details independently from the facts presented.

Explanation:

Availability bias or availability heuristic, are all the handy examples that a person uses as a model to evaluate a decision, based on paying attention to the information that supports your model and, equally ignoring the information that challenges it.

The framing bias is supported on whether the options presentes are positive or negative, as people tend to avoid risk in a positive frame and seek risks in a negative frame.

Confirmation bias seeks to confirm one's preconception as beliefs and opinions, honestly believing that your convictions are rational, logical, and impartial, based on the result of years of experience and objective analysis of the information you have had available.

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