Recency Effect
A cognitive bias where individuals better remember the most recent information they have encountered, influencing decision-making and memory recall.
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Decision Staging
The process of breaking down decisions into smaller, manageable stages to simplify the decision-making process.
Subadditivity Effect
A cognitive bias where the total probability assigned to a set of events is less than the sum of the probabilities assigned to each event individually.
Hick’s Law
A principle that states the time it takes to make a decision increases with the number and complexity of choices available.
Recognition Heuristic
A cognitive shortcut that relies on the recognition of one option over another to make a decision, often used when individuals have limited information.
Pseudocertainty Effect
A cognitive bias where people perceive an outcome as certain while it is actually uncertain, based on how information is presented.
Decision Fatigue
The deteriorating quality of decisions made by an individual after a long session of decision making, due to mental exhaustion.
Heuristic
A rule-of-thumb or shortcut that simplifies decision-making and problem-solving processes.
Salience Bias
A cognitive bias where people focus on the most noticeable or prominent information while ignoring less conspicuous details.