Availability Cascade
A self-reinforcing process in which a collective belief gains more plausibility through its increasing repetition in public discourse.
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“relevance perception”
Narratology
The study of narrative and narrative structure and the ways that these affect our perception.
Illusory Superiority
A cognitive bias where individuals overestimate their own abilities, qualities, or performance relative to others.
Risk-as-Feelings Theory
A theory that emphasizes the role of emotions in risk perception and decision-making, where feelings about risk often diverge from cognitive assessments.
Normalcy Bias
The tendency to believe that things will always function the way they normally have, often leading to underestimation of disaster risks.
Worse-Than-Average Effect
A cognitive bias where individuals underestimate their own abilities and performance relative to others, believing they are worse than average.
Figure-Ground
A Gestalt principle that describes the visual relationship between a figure and its background, crucial for understanding visual perception.
Hard-Easy Effect
A cognitive bias where people overestimate the probability of success for difficult tasks and underestimate it for easy tasks.
Common Fate
A Gestalt principle stating that elements moving in the same direction are perceived as a group or a single entity.