psych

Anchoring Bias

The tendency to focus on one piece of information (often the first piece seen) when making decisions.

Confirmation Bias

The bias of favoring information that confirms previously existing beliefs.

Representativeness Bias

The tendency to stereotype or overly generalize based on a small sample of information.

Availability Heuristic

The mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

Cognitive Bias

Systematic patterns of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment.

Risk Perception

The subjective judgment that people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk.

Animal Cognition

The study of the mental capacities of nonhuman animals, including the topics of learning, memory, problem solving, and communication.

Insight Problem Solving

The sudden realization of a problem's solution, often described as an 'aha' moment.

Tool Use in Animals

The ability of animals to utilize objects in their environment to aid in achieving a goal.

Habituation

The process by which animals become accustomed to a stimulus after repeated exposure.