Tag

persuasion

Explore 4 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

Rhyme-as-Reason Effect

2 min read

The rhyme-as-reason effect (or Eaton-Rosen phenomenon) is a cognitive bias where a saying or aphorism is judged as more accurate or truthful when it is rewritten to rhyme.

Cognitive Biases

/ Eaton-Rosen phenomenon

Psychological Reactance

10 min read

Psychological reactance is the impulse to resist or do the opposite when we perceive our freedom to choose as being threatened or restricted.

Social Biases / Persuasion and autonomy

/ Reactance

Suggestibility

5 min read

Incorporating misleading information into memory.

Memory Biases

/ Memory Suggestibility