Mechanism family · v2 taxonomy
Past & present comparison
Patterns that can shape comparisons between remembered past experiences, current experience, and broad judgments of change over time.
Reviewed mapping
3 canonical entries currently belong to this family.
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Cognitive BiasDeclinism – when the present is judged against an idealized pastDeclinism is best treated as an umbrella label for broad judgments that conditions have declined relative to an idealized past. It is not one standardized cognitive bias with one mRead entry Memory BiasFading Affect Bias – when negative emotional intensity tends to fade fasterFading Affect Bias is an average pattern in autobiographical memory: the emotional intensity linked to negative events tends to weaken faster over time than the emotional intensityRead entry Memory BiasRosy Retrospection – when a past experience is remembered more positivelyRosy Retrospection is a pattern in which a past experience can be evaluated more positively in later memory than it was evaluated while it was happening. The classic studies followRead entry
