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There are multiple formal definitions of "inherent bias" which depend on the particular field of study. In statistics , the phrase is used in relation to an inability to measure accurately and directly what one would wish to measure, meaning that indirect measurements are used which might be subject to unknown distortions.
The theory of biases in the introduction process as a cause of orientation or direction in evolution has been explained as the convergence of two threads. [15] The first, from theoretical population genetics, is the explicit recognition by theoreticians (toward the end of the 20th century) that a correct treatment of evolutionary dynamics requires a rate-dependent process of introduction ...
In psychology and cognitive science, a memory bias is a cognitive bias that either enhances or impairs the recall of a memory (either the chances that the memory will be recalled at all, or the amount of time it takes for it to be recalled, or both), or that alters the content of a reported memory. There are many types of memory bias, including:
A variable in an experiment which is held constant in order to assess the relationship between multiple variables [a], is a control variable. [2] [3] A control variable is an element that is not changed throughout an experiment because its unchanging state allows better understanding of the relationship between the other variables being tested.
Developmental drive is the inherent natural tendency of organisms and their ontogenetic trajectories to change in a particular direction (i.e. a bias towards a certain ontogenetic trajectory). [14] [5] [6] This type of bias is thought to facilitate adaptive evolution by aligning phenotypic variability with the direction of selection. [15] [12]
Intentionality bias, which is known as intention bias for short, is a bias that makes people believe that all human behavior is intentional and that unconscious and/or accidental behavior is less likely behavior. This cognitive bias can happen even if the evidence
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Adaptive bias is the idea that the human brain has evolved to reason adaptively, rather than truthfully or even rationally, [clarification needed] and that cognitive bias may have evolved as a mechanism to reduce the overall cost of cognitive errors as opposed to merely reducing the number of cognitive errors, when faced with making a decision under conditions of uncertainty.