Information Aversion
The tendency to avoid information that one perceives as potentially negative or anxiety-inducing.
The tendency to avoid information that one perceives as potentially negative or anxiety-inducing.
A cognitive phenomenon where people are more likely to pursue goals or change behavior following a temporal landmark (e.g., new year, birthday).
A cognitive bias that occurs when conclusions are drawn from a non-representative sample, focusing only on successful cases and ignoring failures.
A learning phenomenon where information is better retained when study sessions are spaced out over time rather than crammed in a short period.
A phenomenon where learning is improved when study sessions are spaced out over time rather than crammed together.
The phenomenon where people continue a failing course of action due to the amount of resources already invested.
A key aspect of Gestalt psychology in which simple geometrical objects are recognized independent of rotation, translation, and scale.
The study of how people make choices about what and how much to do at various points in time, often involving trade-offs between costs and benefits occurring at different times.
A cognitive bias where people favor members of their own group over those in other groups.