Choice Paralysis
A situation in which an individual is unable to make a decision due to the overwhelming number of options available.
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“user decision-making”
Choice Architecture
The practice of organizing the context in which people make decisions to influence the outcomes, often used to nudge users towards certain behaviors.
Availability Bias
A cognitive bias where people overestimate the importance of information that is readily available.
Salience Bias
A cognitive bias where people focus on the most noticeable or prominent information while ignoring less conspicuous details.
Time Pressure
A dark pattern where users are pressured to make quick decisions by creating a false sense of urgency.
Affective Forecasting
The process of predicting how one will feel in the future, which often involves biases and inaccuracies.
Friction
Elements in a process that cause resistance or slow down user actions, which can lead to frustration or be used intentionally to prevent errors and encourage deliberate actions.
Category Size Bias
A cognitive bias where people judge the likelihood of an event based on the size of its category rather than its actual probability.
Attention Bias
The tendency for people's perception to be affected by their recurring thoughts at the time.