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Explore 2 cognitive biases related to this topic.
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Wishful thinking is the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of desired outcomes and underestimate the likelihood of undesired ones, letting preferences distort beliefs.
Social Biases / Motivated beliefs
/ Hopeful Bias
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Cognitive dissonance is the psychological discomfort we feel when our beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors conflict, often leading us to change one of them to restore harmony.
Cognitive Biases / Motivated cognition
/ Dissonance reduction (process)