Q: The recency bias refers to bias where it’s easier for a person to recall the last thing heard in an interview or conversation. Identify a method that can help overcome recency bias.
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Q: Recency bias is the tendency for someone to remember what they heard most easily from a discussion or interview. Determine a strategy that may assist in overcoming recency bias.
- Practice active listening and ask open-ended questions
- Reflect on our own behaviors
- Take detailed notes or recordings and interview each participant the same way
- Identify and articulate assumptions before interviews or conversations and survey large groups
Explanation: Utilizing a well-structured interview or assessment procedure is an excellent strategy for overcoming the effects of recency bias. You may construct a more objective framework by deciding on a set of criteria that will be used consistently and by asking the same questions for each applicant or issue. This helps to ensure that current material does not have an undue amount of effect on the overall evaluation.
