In pairs or in groups one person is asked by instructor, what he or she wants to buy in near future. For example, the person wants new digital camera.
Then group should calculate full cost of this camera, including all accessories and expendables.
After that people in the group suggest alternative activities and expenses, based on this full cost of digital camera, what the person can buy instead of this camera. For example, the person can buy a bike and ride around, instead buy a camera and take pictures around.
Then the person, who wants this camera, can check all alternatives and find the best, Maybe the group can also discuss, why one alternative is better, and another one is worse. For example, will digital camera gives more pleasure, comparing with skateboard? Or usage of some of the proposed items will give more physical exercises and more health to the owner, instead of using another one.
When one person from the group will find some explanations or answers to the questions group discuss now, other people should check the rationality of this explanation: is it rational thinking, or is it bias? And one person can also check the reasoning of another person in the group in any time.
Another exercise:
Group watch or read some news, proposed by instructor, then analyse the news. Group should discuss the following questions:
Is it possible, that the event from the news was really happened?
What details of this event prevent it from happening? What details show, that it looks like the genuine event?
If we trace this event to the future and to the past, can we find the confirmations or refutations of the discussed event?
One possible exercise:
In pairs or in groups one person is asked by instructor, what he or she wants to buy in near future. For example, the person wants new digital camera.
Then group should calculate full cost of this camera, including all accessories and expendables.
After that people in the group suggest alternative activities and expenses, based on this full cost of digital camera, what the person can buy instead of this camera. For example, the person can buy a bike and ride around, instead buy a camera and take pictures around.
Then the person, who wants this camera, can check all alternatives and find the best, Maybe the group can also discuss, why one alternative is better, and another one is worse. For example, will digital camera gives more pleasure, comparing with skateboard? Or usage of some of the proposed items will give more physical exercises and more health to the owner, instead of using another one.
When one person from the group will find some explanations or answers to the questions group discuss now, other people should check the rationality of this explanation: is it rational thinking, or is it bias? And one person can also check the reasoning of another person in the group in any time.
Another exercise: Group watch or read some news, proposed by instructor, then analyse the news. Group should discuss the following questions:
Is it possible, that the event from the news was really happened?
What details of this event prevent it from happening? What details show, that it looks like the genuine event?
If we trace this event to the future and to the past, can we find the confirmations or refutations of the discussed event?