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26 Reasons What You Think is Right is Wrong

cognitive hazard
  • Bandwagon effect - the tendency to do (or believe) things because many other people do (or believe) the same. Related to groupthink, herd behaviour, and manias. Carl Jung pioneered the idea of the collective unconscious which is considered by Jungian psychologists to be responsible for this cognitive bias.
  • Choice-supportive bias - the tendency to remember one’s choices as better than they actually were.
  • Illusion of control - the tendency for human beings to believe they can control or at least influence outcomes which they clearly cannot.
  • Neglect of probability - the tendency to completely disregard probability when making a decision under uncertainty.