Apophenia is the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things (such as objects or ideas…
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Confirmation bias is the tendency to... search for interpret favorably favor recall information ... data/evidence in a way that confirms or…
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Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with low competence in a field overestimate their competence. You need a certain…
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We attribute the reason of our own(or of our friends) failures to the environment, but the failures of others(or our enemies) to their…
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People tend to think that events could have been easily predictable AFTER the outcome is clear. The certainty that people attribute to their…
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Motivated Belief is when a person believes something because they want it to be true, not necessarily because that belief is supported by…
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Motivated Reasoning is a Cognitive bias - we tend to accept/believe more easily and with less scrutiny things we think are correct . If we…
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The unwanted habits or behaviors are triggered by a negative emotion that you want to get away from. The unwanted behavior is how you…
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We tend to favor decisions that continue the status quo. This is because of the comfort of the familiar. A way to check for this is the…
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We substitute the actual question with an easier to answer question. Eg. "Will this man be a good secretary" becomes "Does this man fit my…
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