It occurs when you adopt a belief just because more people hold that belief. This bias can lead to groupthink, which is the tendency for group members to over-conform to a leader.

Many work meetings become unproductive due to bandwagon bias and groupthink because team members don’t f...

• Bias from mere association seeing situations as identical because they seem similar.
• Self-serving bias: Overly positive view of our abilities and future.
• Confirmation bias: Looking for evidence that confirms our actions and b...

Humans are not very good at self-evaluation and may be unaware of how ignorant they are. This psychological deficiency is known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect, where an illusory superiority clouds the individual and forms a cognitive bias which makes them hold many overly ...