Omission Bias
A cognitive bias where people judge harmful actions as worse, or less moral, than equally harmful omissions (inactions).
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Illusion of Control
The tendency for people to overestimate their ability to control events.
Groupshift
A phenomenon where group members make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its members due to group discussions and interactions.
Primacy Effect
The tendency for the first items presented in a sequence to be remembered better than those in the middle.
Confirmation Bias
The tendency to search for, interpret, and remember information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.
Overconfidence Effect
A cognitive bias where a person's subjective confidence in their judgments is greater than their objective accuracy.
Optimism Bias
A cognitive bias that causes people to believe they are less likely to experience negative events and more likely to experience positive events than others.
Illusory Correlation
The perception of a relationship between two variables when no such relationship exists.
Perceptual Set
The tendency to perceive and interpret information based on prior experiences and expectations, influencing how different users perceive design differently.