Illusion of Validity
A cognitive bias where individuals overestimate the accuracy of their judgments, especially when they have a lot of information.
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“information bias”
Gambler’s Fallacy
A cognitive bias where individuals believe that past random events affect the probabilities of future random events.
Serial Position Effect
A cognitive bias where people tend to remember the first and last items in a series better than those in the middle, impacting recall and memory.
Backfire Effect
A cognitive bias where individuals strengthen their beliefs when presented with evidence that contradicts them.
Curse Of Knowledge
A cognitive bias where someone mistakenly assumes that others have the same background knowledge they do.
Availability Heuristic
A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.
Continued Influence Effect
The persistence of misinformation in memory and influence on reasoning, even after it has been corrected.
Availability Cascade
A self-reinforcing process in which a collective belief gains more plausibility through its increasing repetition in public discourse.
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.