Pseudo Set Framing
The cognitive bias where people treat a set of items as more significant when they are perceived as a cohesive group.
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Extension Neglect
A cognitive bias where people ignore the relevance of sample size in making judgments, often leading to erroneous conclusions.
Hick’s Law
A principle that states the time it takes to make a decision increases with the number and complexity of choices available.
Boundary Extension
A cognitive bias where people remember scenes as being more expansive than they actually were.
Bizarreness Effect
A cognitive bias where bizarre or unusual information is better remembered than common information.
Information Processing
The series of actions or operations involved in the acquisition, interpretation, storage, and retrieval of information.
Pseudocertainty Effect
A cognitive bias where people perceive an outcome as certain while it is actually uncertain, based on how information is presented.
Availability Heuristic
A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.
Shallow Processing
A cognitive approach where information is processed at a surface level, focusing on basic features rather than deeper meaning, often leading to poorer memory retention.