Bizarreness Effect
A cognitive bias where bizarre or unusual information is better remembered than common information.
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Restraint Bias
A cognitive bias where individuals overestimate their ability to control impulsive behavior, leading to overexposure to temptations.
Response Bias
A tendency for respondents to answer questions in a manner that is not truthful or accurate, often influenced by social desirability or survey design.
Zero-Risk Bias
A cognitive bias where people prefer the option that seems to eliminate risk entirely, even if another option offers a greater overall benefit.
Relativity
A principle often used in behavioral economics that suggests people evaluate options based on relative comparisons rather than absolute values.
Reciprocity
A social norm of responding to a positive action with another positive action, fostering mutual benefit and cooperation.
Pseudocertainty Effect
A cognitive bias where people perceive an outcome as certain while it is actually uncertain, based on how information is presented.
Base Rate Fallacy
A cognitive bias where people ignore general statistical information in favor of specific information.
Projection Bias
The tendency to overestimate how much our future preferences and behaviors will align with our current preferences and behaviors.