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Cognitive Biases

25 Cognitive Biases: Uncovering The Myth of Rational Thinking

intermediate1 min readpsychology

A book by Charles Holm that catalogs 25 common cognitive biases, challenging the notion of human rationality.

THE IDEA

The following cognitive biases are covered in this book:

  • Projection Bias
  • Hyperbolic Discounting
  • Fundamental Attribution Error or Correspondence Bias
  • Curse of Knowledge
  • Dunning-Kruger Effect
  • Framing Effect
  • Hindsight Bias
  • Identifiable Victim Effect
  • Sunk Cost Fallacy or Irrational Escalation
  • Loss Aversion
  • Outcome Bias
  • Overconfidence Effect
  • Risk Compensation or Peltzman Effect
  • Halo Effect
  • Illusion of Asymmetric Insight
  • Self-Serving Bias
  • Illusion of Truth Effect or The Truth Effect
  • Spotlight Effect
  • Survivorship Bias
  • Availability Bias
  • The Swimmer’s Body Illusion
  • Negativity Bias
  • Anchoring Effect
  • Confirmation Bias
  • Bias Blind Spot

References

  1. 25 Cognitive Biases: Uncovering The Myth of Rational Thinking — Charles Holm (2015)

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