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Hindsight bias is more likely to occur when the outcome of an event is negative rather than positive. [14] This is a phenomenon consistent with the general tendency for people to pay more attention to negative outcomes of events than positive outcomes.
Trait ascription bias, the tendency for people to view themselves as relatively variable in terms of personality, behavior, and mood while viewing others as much more predictable. Third-person effect , a tendency to believe that mass-communicated media messages have a greater effect on others than on themselves.
This debate has recently reignited, with critiques arguing there has been an overemphasis on biases in human cognition. [75] A key criticism is the continuous expansion of the list of alleged biases without clear evidence that these behaviors are genuinely biased once the actual problems people face are understood.
Foresight is the ability to predict, or the action of predicting, what will happen or what is needed in the future. Studies suggest that much of human thought is directed towards potential future events. Because of this, the nature and evolution of foresight is an important topic in psychology. [1]
In chapter 1, Ariely describes the ways in which people frequently regard their environment in terms of their relation to others; it is the way that the human brain is wired. People not only compare things, but also compare things that are easily comparable. [2]
These mistaken projections can lead to mistaken assumptions about the impact of an event on their happiness. Generally, people accurately predict the valence, if an event will generate a positive or negative reaction, but people are less accurate in their predictions about the intensity and the duration of these effects. [4]
Image credits: WatchTheBoom #4. The ocean fisheries will collapse. Yesterday's trash species are today's featured "catch of the day", will be tomorrow's memory.
Personality refers to individual differences in characteristic thinking, feeling, and behavior patterns. [4] Every person has their own "individual differences in particular personality characteristics" [4] that separate them from others. The overall study of personality focuses on two broad areas: understanding individual differences in ...