Name
| Description | |
|---|---|
| Fundamental attribution error (FAE) | Also known as the correspondence bias (Baumeister & Bushman, 2010) is the tendency for people to over-emphasize personality-based explanations for behaviours observed in others. At the same time, individuals under-emphasize the role and power of situational influences on the same behaviour. |
| Confirmation bias | The tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions. In addition, individuals may discredit information that does not support their views.[29] The confirmation bias is related to the concept of cognitive dissonance. Whereby, individuals may reduce inconsistency by searching for information which re-confirms their views (Jermias, 2001, p. 146).[30] |
| Self-serving bias | The tendency to claim more responsibility for successes than failures. It may also manifest itself as a tendency for people to evaluate ambiguous information in a way beneficial to their interests. |
| Belief bias | When one's evaluation of the logical strength of an argument is biased by their belief in the truth or falsity of the conclusion. |
| Framing | Using a too-narrow approach and description of the situation or issue. |
| Hindsight bias | Sometimes called the "I-knew-it-all-along" effect, is the inclination to see past events as being predictable. |
