A comparative study of cognitive biases between Islamic high school students and secondary school students affiliated with the Ministry of Education

Abstract

The current research aims to know:

1. Cognitive biases among Islamic secondary students.
2. Cognitive biases of high school students affiliated to the Ministry of Education.
3. Are there statistically significant differences in cognitive biases between Islamic high school students and high school students affiliated with the Ministry of Education? 2023) in the province of Baghdad, and to achieve the objectives of the research, the cognitive biases scale was adopted by (Vander Gaag et al (2013)) and the researcher translated it into Arabic, and after analyzing the data using the t-test for one sample, and the t-test for two independent samples, it was reached to the following results:
4. Islamic high school students have cognitive biases.
5. High school students affiliated with the Ministry of Education have cognitive biases.
6. Cognitive biases were greater among students studying in Islamic secondary schools.

In the light of the research results, the researcher recommended some recommendations and suggested some suggestions.

Keywords : cognitive biases, Islamic high school students, high school students affiliated to the Ministry of Education