Why Auditors Make Mistakes?

Practice saying "Could you tell me again..."

- Premature stopping of fact gathering and diagnosis
- Relying too much on first impressions
- Relying too much on pattern recognition, especially if it looks like something from the past
- Human tendency to favor negative conclusions or rely on stereotypes to make decisions
- Defining conditions inaccurately because of biases or preconceptions
- Being influenced by others' opinions or analysis
- Judging based on easily recallected data
- Going with the gut, and not the systematic problem analysis