Common Cognitive Biases
Here’s a list of common cognitive biases:
- Apophenia: Perceiving false connections [1].
- Availability heuristic: Biased by memory accessibility [1].
- Cognitive dissonance: Perception of contradictory information [1].
- Confirmation bias: Seeking evidence for own beliefs [1].
- Egocentric bias: Overestimating own perspective [1].
- Framing effect: Influenced by presentation of information [1].
- Hindsight bias: Seeing past events as predictable [1].
- Illusory superiority: Overestimating own qualities [1].
- Loss aversion: Preferring to avoid losses [1].
- Negativity bias: Focusing on negative information [1].
- Omission bias: Judging harmful actions worse [1].
- Optimism bias: Expecting positive outcomes [1].
- Self-serving bias: Claiming credit for successes [1].
- Anchoring bias: Over-reliance on first information [1].
- Memory bias: Distortion of memory recall [1].
- Recency effect: Remembering last items better [1].
These biases can influence our beliefs and actions daily. They can affect how we think, how we feel, and how we behave [3]. It’s important to be aware of these biases as they can distort our thinking and decision-making processes [2] [3].
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