Tag

failure

Explore 2 cognitive biases related to this topic.

Self-Handicapping

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Self-handicapping is a cognitive strategy by which people avoid effort in the hopes of keeping potential failure from hurting self-esteem.

Social Biases

/ Self-sabotage

Survivorship Bias

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Survivorship bias is the logical error of concentrating on the people or things that made it past some selection process and overlooking those that did not, typically because of their lack of visibility.

Statistical Biases

/ Survival bias