Gambler’s Fallacy
A cognitive bias where individuals believe that past random events affect the probabilities of future random events.
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Positivity Effect
A cognitive bias where individuals tend to focus on positive information or events more than negative ones, especially as they age.
Fast and Frugal Heuristics
Decision-making strategies that use simple heuristics to make quick, efficient, and satisfactory choices with limited information.
Placement Bias
A cognitive bias where people overemphasize information that is placed prominently or in a way that catches their attention first.
Generation Effect
A phenomenon where information is better remembered if it is generated from one's own mind rather than simply read.
Overconfidence Effect
A cognitive bias where a person's subjective confidence in their judgments is greater than their objective accuracy.
Wizard
A step-by-step guide that helps users complete a complex task by breaking it down into manageable steps.
Divergent Thinking
A cognitive process used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions, often contrasted with convergent thinking.
Depth of Processing
A theory suggesting that information processed at a deeper, more meaningful level is better remembered than information processed at a shallow level.