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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Heuristic''' β A "Mental Shortcut" that allows for "Fast," "Frugal" decision-making (e.g., 'If it's expensive, it must be good'). * '''Cognitive Bias''' β A "Systematic Deviation" from "Rationality" in "Judgment" (A 'Predictable Error'). * '''Anchoring''' β The "Bias" where people "Rely Too Heavily" on the "First Piece of Information" (The 'Anchor') they receive (e.g., 'The first price mentioned in a negotiation'). * '''Availability Heuristic''' β The "Bias" where people "Estimate Probability" based on "How Easily" an "Example" comes to "Mind" (e.g., 'Fearing plane crashes because they are on the news'). * '''Representativeness Heuristic''' β "Judging" the "Likelihood" of an event based on "How Well it Matches" a "Stereotype" (e.g., 'The Linda Problem'). * '''Confirmation Bias''' β The "Tendency" to "Seek Out," "Interpret," and "Remember" information that "Supports" our "Existing Beliefs." * '''Hindsight Bias''' β The "Tendency" to "Believe" that an event was "Predictable" "After it has Happened" ('I knew it all along'). * '''Overconfidence Bias''' β The "Tendency" to "Overestimate" our "Knowledge," "Ability," and "Precision." * '''Sunk Cost Fallacy''' β The "Bias" where we "Continue" an "Activity" (like 'Watching a bad movie') because we have already "Invested" "Time or Money" in it. * '''Dunning-Kruger Effect''' β The "Bias" where "Incompetent People" "Believe they are Experts," while "Experts" "Underestimate" their "Relative Skill." </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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