Psych Tricks & Biases

What is the Dunning-Kruger effect?

Experts always appear overconfident People with high intelligence underestimate others People are more biased when well-informed People with low ability overestimate their competence None

What is the illusion of control?

Assuming the world is random and uncontrollable Losing the sense of time while focused Thinking others control our thoughts elief that we can influence outcomes we actually can't None

What is the anchoring effect in decision-making?

Preferring options that appear last Forgetting older facts too quickly Relying too heavily on the first piece of information given Judging value based on emotions None

What is change blindness?

Fear of unexpected images Failure to notice major changes in a visual scene Inability to remember color sequences The tendency to hallucinate movement None

Which bias leads people to believe events were more predictable after they happen?

Availability bias Recency effect Anchoring bias Hindsight bias None

The tendency to hallucinate movement

Mistaking kindness for intelligence Associating personality with weather Believing attractive people are dishonest Assuming someone's qualities based on one positive trait None

What is the spotlight effect?

Belief that others notice us more than they really do Overemphasis on visual memory Tendency to remember details in the dark Fear of literal spotlights None

What is the availability heuristic?

A type of loss aversion Judging likelihood based on how easily examples come to mind Belief in fate over logic Tendency to choose the rarest outcome None

What is cognitive dissonance?

Inability to solve logical problems Mental discomfort from holding conflicting beliefs Confusion caused by sensory overload A bias for thinking visually None

What does confirmation bias cause us to do?

Prefer randomness over order Seek out information that supports our beliefs Forget past memories quickly Reject information we agree with None

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