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  2. List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia

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    List of cognitive biases. Cognitive biases are systematic patterns of deviation from norm and/or rationality in judgment. They are often studied in psychology, sociology and behavioral economics. [1] Although the reality of most of these biases is confirmed by reproducible research, [2][3] there are often controversies about how to classify ...

  3. Confirmation bias - Wikipedia

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    Confirmation bias (also confirmatory bias, myside bias, [ a ] or congeniality bias[ 2 ]) is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values. [ 3 ] People display this bias when they select information that supports their views, ignoring contrary information ...

  4. Illusory superiority - Wikipedia

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    Illusory superiority. In social psychology, illusory superiority is a cognitive bias wherein people overestimate their own qualities and abilities compared to others. Illusory superiority is one of many positive illusions, relating to the self, that are evident in the study of intelligence, the effective performance of tasks and tests, and the ...

  5. Opinion: Treating athletes' mental health just like physical ...

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    "You know, mental health never affected me, and now it was really personal for me because I saw a son that was a normal football player at the age of 21 struggle with understanding myth from reality."

  6. Cognitive dissonance - Wikipedia

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    P = you O = your child X = picture your child drew "I love my child" "She drew me this picture" "I love this picture" People also avoid unbalanced states of relations, such as three negatives or two positives and one negative: P = you O = John X = John's dog "I don't like John" "John has a dog" "I don't like the dog either"

  7. Why are people so bad at texting? The psychology behind bad ...

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    These so-called "bad texters" often drive those who do enjoy texting as a means of communication crazy — mostly because, when someone doesn't respond to texts the way we would, we're unsure ...

  8. Ironic process theory - Wikipedia

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    In 1965, Eve Merriam published the picture book Don't Think about a White Bear. [20] In 1970, Cary A. Lind registered a song titled "Don't Think of Elephants". [21] In 1974, the modern expression "[don't] think of a pink elephant" appeared in Curt Siodmak's City In the Sky: [22] I know how bad off I am. He doesn't even want me to think.

  9. JD Vance has been a U.S. senator for 20 months. Is he ready ...

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    He also can't seem to stop making headlines, whether it's for telling Vice President Kamala Harris to "go to hell" or amplifying unsubstantiated rumors about Ohio immigrants eating people's pets.