Social judgment

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32 canonical entries currently belong to this family.

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Attribution BiasActor-Observer Bias – when you blame circumstances for yourself but personality for othersthe tendency to blame our own behavior on external circumstances while attributing others’ actions to their personality.Read entry →Human-Robot InteractionAppearance–Capability Expectation – when a robot’s design changes what you expect it can doCapability Expectation is this project’s plain-language label for a human–robot interaction pattern, not a standardized bias name. Research shows that robot appearance, morphology,Read entry →Conformity BiasAssumed Similarity Bias – when you think others are more like you than they really arethe tendency to believe others share your perspectives, preferences, and values more than they actually do.Read entry →Social BiasAuthority Bias – when you trust authority figures, even if they’re wrongthe tendency to overvalue the accuracy of influential figures’ opinions, regardless of their actual validity.Read entry →Conformity BiasAvailability Cascade – when repeating something enough makes it feel truea process where information starts feeling like fact simply because it’s repeated often enough.Read entry →Conformity BiasBandwagon Effect – when you believe or do something just because everyone else doesand now you want them too? That’s Bandwagon Effect – the tendency to follow the majority, even without good reasons.Read entry →Conformity BiasCourtesy Bias – when you hide your real opinion to avoid offending othersthe tendency to soften your opinion to avoid hurting others’ feelings.Read entry →Cognitive BiasCurse of Knowledge – when what you know distorts what you expect others to knowCurse of Knowledge is a perspective-taking bias: once you know important information, that knowledge can make it harder to judge what a less-informed person knows, notices, or undeRead entry →Attribution BiasDefensive Attribution – when you blame more as the harm gets worse or feels personalthe tendency to assign more blame to a harm-doer as the outcome worsens or if you relate to the victim.Read entry →Attribution BiasExtrinsic Incentives Bias – when you think others work for rewards, but you work for passionthe tendency to believe others are motivated by external rewards while you act out of genuine interest.Read entry →Cognitive BiasFundamental Pain Bias – when your pain is real, but others’ seem exaggeratedthe tendency to believe you report your own pain accurately while assuming others overstate theirs.Read entry →Attribution BiasGroup Attribution Error – when you judge a whole group based on one personthe tendency to believe that an individual’s behavior represents their entire group.Read entry →Conformity BiasGroupshift – when groups make riskier or safer choices than individualsthe tendency for group decisions to become more extreme than individual opinions.Read entry →Conformity BiasGroupthink – when harmony matters more than the right decisionthe tendency to sacrifice critical thinking for group unity and harmony.Read entry →Social BiasHalo Effect – when one good trait overshadows everything elsethe tendency to attribute extra positive traits to a person based on one appealing characteristic.Read entry →Attribution BiasHostile Attribution Bias – when you see hostility even where there is nonethe tendency to see neutral or accidental actions as intentionally aggressive.Read entry →Conformity BiasIngroup Bias – when what’s ‘ours’ is always better than what’s ‘theirs’the tendency to reject ideas, research, and products simply because they come from outside your group.Read entry →Attribution BiasIntentionality Bias – when you assume everything is done on purposethe tendency to believe people’s actions are deliberate, even when they’re accidental.Read entry →Attribution BiasJust-World Hypothesis – when you believe people get what they deservethe tendency to believe everything happens fairly, even when events are random or unjust.Read entry →Cognitive BiasMoral Credential Effect – when doing good gives you a pass to do badthe tendency to believe that doing good earns you the right to be less moral in the future.Read entry →Conformity BiasOutgroup Favoritism – when other groups seem better than your owntheir culture, their people, their values? That’s Outgroup Favoritism – the tendency for socially disadvantaged groups to favor and even prefer other communities over their own.Read entry →Conformity BiasOutgroup Homogeneity Bias – when ‘they’re all the same,’ but ‘we’re all unique’the tendency to see members of your own group as individuals, while viewing outsiders as uniform.Read entry →Attribution BiasPuritanical Bias – when people blame morality instead of circumstancesthe tendency to blame negative outcomes on personal morality rather than external, societal, or economic factors.Read entry →Conformity BiasPygmalion Effect – when others’ expectations shape your success (or failure)a psychological phenomenon where others’ expectations (positive or negative) influence your actual performance and behavior.Read entry →Conformity BiasReactance – when being told ‘no’ makes you want to do it even morea psychological response where attempts to limit your freedom trigger resistance and a desire to do the opposite.Read entry →Conformity BiasReactive Devaluation – when an idea seems bad just because of who suggested itthe tendency to dismiss proposals just because they come from an ‘undesirable’ source, even if they’re beneficial.Read entry →Attribution BiasSelf-Serving Bias – when success is yours, but failure is someone else’s faultthe tendency to credit yourself for successes but blame external factors for failures.Read entry →Conformity BiasShared Information Bias – when groups focus on what they all know, ignoring new insightsthe tendency for groups to focus on what everyone already knows instead of sharing unique insights.Read entry →Conformity BiasSocial Comparison Bias – when you favor people who aren’t a threat to your own strengthsthe tendency to favor candidates who don’t threaten your skills or status.Read entry →Conformity BiasTruth Bias – when you believe people, even when they might be lyingthe tendency to assume information is honest, even without evidence.Read entry →Attribution BiasUltimate Attribution Error – when you judge an entire group based on a few individualsthe tendency to attribute an individual’s actions to their entire group, especially for negative behavior.Read entry →Cognitive BiasWomen Are Wonderful Effect – when women are seen more positively than menthe tendency to associate more positive attributes with women than with men, regardless of actual behavior.Read entry →

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