All memos tagged #cognitive-bias

The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive-bias in which individuals with low ability or experience in a specific domain tend to overestimate their competence, while those with higher expertise are...

Choice-supportive bias refers to the Cognitive Bias to attribute more positive qualities to a chosen option and more negative qualities to rejected alternatives after a decision has been made. In...

Campbell's Law is an adage developed by Donald T. Campbell, a psychologist and social scientist who often wrote about research methodology, which states: "The more any quantitative social indicator...

Accountability Bias – When being held accountable for decisions influences decision-making. Contexts cognitive-bias (See: Heuristics in Judgment and Decision Making)

Ad Hominem – Evaluating a claim based on who makes it, rather than its merit. Contexts cognitive-bias (See: Heuristics in Judgment and Decision Making)

Actor-Observer Bias – Attributing others’ behavior to personality but one’s own to situational factors. Contexts cognitive-bias (See: Heuristics in Judgment and Decision Making)

Goodhart's law is an adage named after economist Charles Goodhart, which has been phrased by Marilyn Strathern as "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." One way in which...