Cognitive Bias

psychology

You notice a call from a friend right after wondering about them and think, "They were just thinking about me." This feeling of being sensed when someone thinks about you is com...

psychology

Blind spot bias is the tendency to recognize cognitive biases in others while overlooking them in yourself. A simple example of blind spot bias is a manager who believes their t...

psychology

Halo horn bias describes how one prominent impression disproportionately shapes overall judgment. The halo effect occurs when a single positive trait inflates perceptions of unr...

psychology

Stereotypes are oversimplified beliefs about groups that shape expectations and behavior before we know individuals. This evergreen explainer shows how stereotypes form, why the...

psychology

Fundamental attribution refers to the tendency to over-emphasize personal traits and under-emphasize situational context when explaining others' behavior. In everyday life, this...

psychology

The availability heuristic is a mental shortcut that leads people to estimate the likelihood of events by how easily examples come to mind. When instances such as dramatic news...

psychology-and-cognition

The homogeneity effect is the tendency to perceive out-group members as more similar to each other than they really are, while viewing in-group members as more diverse and indiv...

psychology

People consistently overestimate personality and intent while underestimating context when explaining others’ behavior; this core pattern is the fundamental attribution error....

psychology

There is no reliable, general-purpose signal that lets you know when someone is thinking about you in any verifiable, real-world context. Attention and memory are internal state...

cognitive-bias

The availability heuristic is a mental shortcut that people use to judge how likely or frequent an event is by how easily examples come to mind. When instances are more retrieva...