Common Types Of Bias - Deepstash

Common Types Of Bias

Confirmation Bias: Making decisions based on media and information sources that are in alignment with your current beliefs.

Anchoring Bias: Becoming committed or attached to the first thing you learn about a particular subject. Similar to the halo effect , which is when you assume that a person’s positive or negative traits in one area will be the same in some other aspect of their personality.

Hindsight Bias: Inclination to see some events as more predictable than they are; also known as the “I knew it all along" reaction.

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