Certainty Effect
A cognitive bias where people give greater weight to outcomes that are certain compared to those that are merely probable.
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“outcome perception”
Boundary Extension
A cognitive bias where people remember scenes as being more expansive than they actually were.
Pseudocertainty Effect
A cognitive bias where people perceive an outcome as certain while it is actually uncertain, based on how information is presented.
Expectation Effect
The phenomenon where individuals' expectations about a situation influence their actual experience of that situation.
Pessimism Bias
A cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate the likelihood of negative outcomes.
Reference Dependence
A cognitive bias where individuals evaluate outcomes relative to a reference point rather than on an absolute scale.
Optimism Bias
A cognitive bias that causes people to believe they are less likely to experience negative events and more likely to experience positive events than others.
Cognitive Theory
The study of mental processes such as perception, memory, reasoning, and problem-solving.
Zero-Risk Bias
A cognitive bias where people prefer the option that seems to eliminate risk entirely, even if another option offers a greater overall benefit.