12 Biases Flashcards

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Confirmation Bias

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  • tendency to seek out for something you already believe
  • overweighting evidence consistent with a favored belief, underweighting evidence against a favored belief
  • failure to search impartially for evidence
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Availability Bias

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  • looking for rather whats representable right now, than for the whole circumstances
  • rely on information that is easier to recall when facing a situation
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Fundamental Attribution error

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Overestimating how much another person´s behaviour can be explained by dispositional factors

  • fail to adequately consider the role of some situational factors that may affect a person´s behaviour
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Fundamental Attribution error

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Overestimating how much another person´s behaviour can be explained by dispositional factors

  • fail to adequately consider the role of some situational factors that may affect a person´s behaviour
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Champion Bias / Halo Effect

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  • tendency to evaluate proposals based on the track records of the proposer rather than on given facts
  • tendency to believe that people who are successful in one field are also competent in other areas
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