types of biases Flashcards
1
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cognitive biases
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unconcious, systemtic tendencies to intpret information that is not rational
2
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confirmation bias
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indivual tries to look for information that confirms their belief, and ignores opposing information
3
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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
4
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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
5
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false consensus
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overestimating how much others around us agree with our point of view
6
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halo effect
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forming impressions on people based on one quality and assuming its the whole person
