Tag

emotion

Explore 9 cognitive biases related to this topic.

Loaded Language

Loaded language (also known as loaded terms or emotive language) is rhetoric used to influence an audience by using words and phrases with strong connotations.

Cognitive Biases

/ Emotive language

Procrastination

2 min read

Procrastination is the action of unnecessarily and voluntarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there will be negative consequences for doing so.

Cognitive Biases

/ Akrasia (weakness of will)

Negativity Bias

9 min read

Negativity bias is the tendency to give more weight to negative experiences or information than to positive ones of equal intensity.

Cognitive Biases / Valence and attention

/ Negativity Effect

Positivity Effect

9 min read

The positivity effect is the tendency, especially in older adults, to remember and focus more on positive than negative information.

Memory Biases / Aging and emotion

/ Aging positivity bias

Affect Heuristic

2 min read

The affect heuristic is a mental shortcut where people make decisions and solve problems by relying heavily on their current emotional state.

Cognitive Biases

/ Affective bias

Nostalgia Bias

2 min read

Nostalgia bias is the tendency to view the past, especially one's own past, with longing and affection, often idealizing it while ignoring negative aspects.

Memory Biases

/ Golden age syndrome

Rosy Retrospection

2 min read

Rosy retrospection is the psychological phenomenon of people sometimes judging the past disproportionately more positively than they judge the present.

Memory Biases

/ Nostalgia (related)

Attentional Bias

12 min read

Attentional bias is the tendency for our attention to be drawn more strongly to certain types of stimuli—such as threats, rewards, or concerns—shaping what we notice, think about, and remember.

Memory Biases / Selective attention

/ Selective Attention Bias

Pessimism Bias

10 min read

Pessimism bias is the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of negative outcomes and underestimate the likelihood of positive ones, especially for oneself.

Cognitive Biases / Risk and expectation

/ Negative Expectation Bias