Cognitive Biases
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Cognitive Biases
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Judgment bias under uncertainty
Anchoring Effect
Numerical estimates are often pulled toward an initial reference value, even when the anchor is arbitrary or only weakly informative.
Self-assessment calibration pattern
Dunning-Kruger Effect
Lower performers can show larger positive errors in self-assessment, but the size and mechanism of the pattern depend on measurement, information, task, and statistical design.
Experimental memory regularity
Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve
Without retrieval or relearning, accessible memory often falls rapidly after learning and then declines more slowly.
Retrospective-evaluation heuristic
Peak-End Rule
Retrospective evaluations of an episode can be disproportionately influenced by its most intense moment and its ending.