Bias/heuristics

Biases

an unfair,inaccurate, or prejudicial inclination for or against a person group,belief,or idea

Heuristics

mental shortcuts that people use to make decisions,solve problems, and form judgements quickly

selection Bias

the selection of individuals,groups,or data for analysis; proper randomization is not achieved

Survivorship bias

Logical error of concentrating an entities that passed a selection process while over looking those who didn’t

Optimism Bias

People believe they have more control over things than other

Diffusion of responsibility

When people feel less responsible for taking action in a given situation because there are other people

Base-rate fallacy

Tendency to ignore revelent statistical information in favor of case specific information

Perceived invulnerability

An irrational belief that one is somehow charmed and exempt from liked threatening situations

Availability heuristics

Making decisions based on easily recalle

Just world thinking

Cognitive bias that suggests that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people

Simulation heuristics

A person imagines possible simulation or alternative outcome to events that he or she encounter

Ultimate attribution error

A person is likely to make an internal attribution to an entire group instead of the individual in a group

Fundamental attribution error

Peoples tendency to attribute others behaviors to internal factors rather than external causes