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Explore 12 cognitive biases related to this topic.
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Correspondence bias is the tendency to infer stable personality traits from others' behavior while underestimating situational influences.
Social Biases / Attribution and impression formation
/ Fundamental Attribution Error
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Trait ascription bias is the tendency to see others' behavior as reflecting fixed traits, while viewing our own behavior as more flexible and influenced by circumstances.
Social Biases / Self–other perception
/ Self–Other Asymmetry
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Hostile attribution bias is the tendency to interpret ambiguous actions of others as intentionally hostile or threatening.
Social Biases / Attribution and aggression
/ Hostile Attribution of Intent
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The pratfall effect is the tendency for highly competent people to become more likable after committing a small, relatable mistake.
Social Biases / Impression management
/ Charming blunder effect
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The cheerleader effect is the tendency to perceive people as more attractive when they are seen in a group than when seen individually.
Social Biases / Perception of attractiveness
/ Group attractiveness effect
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The illusion of transparency is the tendency to overestimate how well others can read our internal states, such as emotions, thoughts, or intentions.
Social Biases / Metaperception errors
/ Transparency Illusion
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The spotlight effect is the tendency to overestimate how much other people notice, remember, and care about our appearance or behavior.
Social Biases / Metaperception errors
/ Egocentric Spotlight
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Implicit bias refers to automatic, unconscious associations and attitudes that influence our judgments and behaviors toward people and groups, often in ways that conflict with our stated values.
Social Biases / Unconscious attitudes
/ Unconscious Bias
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The halo effect is the tendency to let a single positive trait or impression of a person, product, or organization influence our overall judgment of them.
Social Biases / Impression and person perception
/ Halo Bias
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The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to overestimate the role of personality and underestimate the role of situations when explaining other people’s behavior.
Social Biases / Attribution and explanation
/ FAE
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The false consensus effect is the tendency to overestimate how much other people share our opinions, values, and behaviors.
Social Biases / Social perception and norms
/ Perceived Majority Bias
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Actor–observer bias is the tendency to explain our own behavior with situational factors while attributing other people’s similar behavior to their character or disposition.
Social Biases / Attribution asymmetries
/ Actor–Observer Asymmetry