Biases

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Biases

Impact

Type of Bias

Self-enhancement bias

Self-serving bias

the tendency to judge oneself in a positive manner even when the positive evaluation is not justified.

Believing that a positive outcome (e.g., writing a best-selling book) is completely due to your talents when it may be partly explained by chance factors or the efforts of others.

Representativeness bias

Availability bias

human cognitive bias that causes us to overestimate probabilities of events associated with memorable or vivid occurrences

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