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What are YOUR Biases?

By Shepard on March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

Bias biases

What are YOUR Biases?

  1. Confirmation bias – tendency to search for, interpret, and remember information in a way that confirms one’s preexisting beliefs
  2. Anchoring bias – tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information encountered when making decisions
  3. Availability heuristic – tendency to overestimate the likelihood of events based on how easily they come to mind
  4. Hindsight bias – tendency to view past events as more predictable than they actually were
  5. Framing effect – tendency to be influenced by the way information is presented
  6. Self-serving bias – tendency to attribute positive outcomes to oneself and negative outcomes to external factors
  7. Overconfidence bias – tendency to overestimate one’s own abilities and knowledge
  8. Dunning-Kruger effect – tendency for unskilled individuals to overestimate their abilities and for skilled individuals to underestimate theirs
  9. Negativity bias – tendency to focus on negative information over positive information
  10. Halo effect – tendency to assume that people who possess one positive trait also possess other positive traits
  11. Fundamental attribution error – tendency to attribute other people’s behavior to their personality traits rather than situational factors
  12. Just-world bias – tendency to believe that people get what they deserve
  13. Groupthink – tendency for groups to make irrational or dysfunctional decisions due to pressure to conform
  14. Conformity bias – tendency to conform to the opinions or behavior of others
  15. Status quo bias – tendency to prefer things to stay the way they are rather than change
  16. Sunk cost fallacy – tendency to continue investing in a project or decision because of the resources already invested
  17. Endowment effect – tendency to overvalue things that one already possesses
  18. Neglect of probability – tendency to ignore statistical probabilities when making decisions
  19. Gambler’s fallacy – tendency to believe that future probabilities are altered by past events
  20. False consensus effect – tendency to overestimate the degree to which others share one’s beliefs and opinions
  21. Illusory superiority bias – tendency to overestimate one’s abilities or performance in relation to others
  22. Stereotyping – tendency to make assumptions about individuals based on their membership in a particular group
  23. In-group bias – tendency to favor members of one’s own group over members of other groups
  24. Out-group homogeneity bias – tendency to perceive members of out-groups as more similar to each other than they actually are
  25. Implicit bias – unconscious attitudes or beliefs that influence behavior, often without a person’s awareness.

What are YOUR Biases?

  1. Confirmation bias
  2. Anchoring bias
  3. Availability heuristic
  4. Hindsight bias
  5. Framing effect
  6. Self-serving bias
  7. Overconfidence bias
  8. Dunning-Kruger effect
  9. Negativity bias
  10. Halo effect
  11. Fundamental attribution error
  12. Just-world bias
  13. Groupthink
  14. Conformity bias
  15. Status quo bias
  16. Sunk cost fallacy
  17. Endowment effect
  18. Neglect of probability
  19. Gambler’s fallacy
  20. False consensus effect
  21. Illusory superiority bias
  22. Stereotyping
  23. In-group bias
  24. Out-group homogeneity bias
  25. Implicit bias

 

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