types of biases Flashcards

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cognitive biases

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unconcious, systemtic tendencies to intpret information that is not rational

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confirmation bias

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indivual tries to look for information that confirms their belief, and ignores opposing information

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actor observer bias

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attribute our own failures to external factors, and others failures to interal factors like being lazy

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self serving bias

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attribute our own success to internal success and our failures to external factors/ sitautional causes

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false consensus

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overestimating how much others around us agree with our point of view

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halo effect

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forming impressions on people based on one quality and assuming its the whole person

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