Psychology & Behavior · Kahneman & Tversky
We judge the likelihood of events based on how easily examples come to mind, not on actual frequency. Dramatic, recent, or emotionally vivid events get massively overweighted.
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Anchoring
The first piece of information encountered disproportionately influences all sub
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Bandwagon Effect
People adopt beliefs, behaviours, and trends simply because others have — popula
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Bystander Effect
The more people present during an emergency, the less likely any individual is t
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Cognitive Dissonance
When beliefs and actions contradict, the resulting psychological discomfort driv
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Confirmation Bias
The tendency to seek, interpret, and remember information that confirms existing
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Curse of Knowledge
Once you know something, you cannot imagine what it is like not to know it — cre
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