Backfire Effect
A cognitive bias where individuals strengthen their beliefs when presented with evidence that contradicts them.
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Gambler’s Fallacy
A cognitive bias where individuals believe that past random events affect the probabilities of future random events.
Horn Effect
A cognitive bias where one negative trait of a person or thing influences the perception of other traits.
Third-Person Effect
A cognitive bias where people tend to believe that others are more affected by media messages and persuasive communications than they are themselves.
Anchoring
Anchoring (also known as Focalism) is a cognitive bias where individuals rely heavily on the first piece of information (the "anchor") when making decisions.
Conjunction Fallacy
A logical fallacy where people assume that specific conditions are more probable than a single general one.
Selective Exposure
The tendency for individuals to favor information that aligns with their existing beliefs and to avoid information that contradicts them.
Ratio Bias
A cognitive bias where people judge the likelihood of an event based on its relative size rather than absolute probability.
Pessimism Bias
A cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate the likelihood of negative outcomes.