Pratfall effect
A psychological phenomenon where individuals are perceived as more likable if they make a mistake, provided they are generally competent.
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Intentionality Bias
The tendency to attribute intentional actions to others' behaviors, often overestimating their intent.
Illusory Truth Effect
A cognitive bias where repeated statements are more likely to be perceived as true, regardless of their actual accuracy.
Emergence
A key aspect of Gestalt psychology where complex patterns arise out of relatively simple interactions.
Hindsight Bias
A cognitive bias where people perceive past events as having been more predictable than they actually were.
Risk Compensation
The theory that people adjust their behavior in response to the perceived level of risk, often taking more risks when they feel more protected.
Reification
A key aspect of Gestalt psychology describing the mind's ability to fill in gaps to create a whole object from incomplete elements.
Continuity
A Gestalt principle that describes the tendency of the human visual system to perceive lines or patterns that follow a smooth, continuous path rather than a disjointed or abrupt one.
Ratio Bias
A cognitive bias where people judge the likelihood of an event based on its relative size rather than absolute probability.