Information Bias: more information is not always better; we think we make better choices when we have more information, but that is often not the case.
Ambiguity Bias: we prefer options that have a higher probability of success than options whose probability of success is unknown.
Misattribution of Memory: we sometimes do not remember things as they happened.
Source Confusion: remembering things differently after hearing other people talk about the same event.
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A cognitive bias is a systematic error in thinking that occurs when people are processing and interpreting information in the world around them and affects the decisions and judgments that they make. Can be used in Marketing ...
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The many faces of the memory bias
- Rosy retrospection bias. We often remember the past as having been better than it really was.
- Consistency bias. We wrongly remember our past attitudes and behaviour as similar to our present attitudes and behaviour.
- Mood-congruent ...
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Attentional Bias: subconsciously we choose points where we pay attention to. A smoker is more likely to notice other people smoking.
Peer-To-Peer Memory Networks
Our ancestors had a manual 'peer-to-peer' memory network to pass on knowledge to the future generations; it wasn't reliable but worked for a long time.
Now we believe AI is better and more objective to provide us with information, which might not be the case.
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