the fundamental attribution error
…Also known as correspondence bias, this is a [[cognitive bias]] that leads us to attribute others' mistakes to their character…
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Cognitive biases are patterns of irrationality common across individuals—in other words, ways in which we all tend to think badly. The concept was introduced by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. As with all biases, becoming aware of them is the first step toward avoiding them, although awareness certainly doesn’t guarantee avoidance.
Further Reading
- There are a lot of them, but thankfully Wikipedia has an excellent taxonomy!
- Nick Kolenda has a thorough inventory of pricing strategies in marketing psychology, many of which exploit cognitive biases like anchoring bias.
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the base-rate fallacy
…The base rate fallacy is a [[cognitive bias]] that causes us to ignore objective statistical information about a…