Impact Bias
The tendency to overestimate the duration or intensity of the emotional impact of future events.
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Multistability
A key aspect of Gestalt psychology that explains the tendency for ambiguous images to pop back and forth unstably between alternative interpretations in the mind.
Primacy Effect
The tendency for the first items presented in a sequence to be remembered better than those in the middle.
Mere Exposure Effect
A psychological phenomenon where people develop a preference for things simply because they are familiar with them.
Hot Hand Fallacy
The mistaken belief that a person who has experienced success in a random event has a higher probability of further success in additional attempts.
Hostile Attribution Bias
A cognitive bias where individuals interpret others' behaviors as having hostile intent, even when the behavior is ambiguous or benign.
Risk-as-Feelings Theory
A theory that emphasizes the role of emotions in risk perception and decision-making, where feelings about risk often diverge from cognitive assessments.
Licensing Effect
A cognitive bias where people allow themselves to indulge after doing something positive, believing they have earned it.
Pattern Recognition
The ability to identify and interpret patterns in data, often used in machine learning and cognitive psychology.