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Cognitive Dissonance
Refers to a situation involving conflicting attitudes beliefs or behaviours.
Cognitive Bias
Subconscious error in thinking that leads you to misinterpret information from the world around you.
Anchoring Bias
Tendency to rely heavily on the very first piece of information received when making a decision and not modify it when new information is presented.
Attentional Bias
Tendency to prioritise attention to certain information (or stimuli) over other information
Confirmation Bias
Tendency to seek, recall or interpret information in a way that cofirms existing beliefs or expectations, while dismissing contradictory evidence.
False-consensus bias
Tendency to overestimate the extent to which other people are like them in terms of sharing beliefs, personal charcteristics or behaviours.
Hindsight Bias
The tendency to look back at an event that we could not predict at the time and think the outcome was easily predictable.
Misinformation Effect
The tendency for information aquired after an event to influence the accuracy of the memory of the original event.
Optimism Bias
The tendency to overestimate the likelihood of experiencing positive events and underestimate the likelihood of experiencing negative events in the future.
Dunning-Kruger Effect
People overestimate their knowledge or ablility, particularly in areas with which they have little to no knowledge or experience.
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