 Bias number 18 is known as the Berkson’s paradox. This paradox is most often found in decision making when assessing probability and statistical information that proves to be counterintuitive. When this happens, a negative correlation is made between two positive traits, even when the positive traits are unrelated and to the exclusion of cases where there is no correlation between the two traits.
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 Bias number 17 is known as the Ben Franklin effect. This is a social cognitive bias that affects how people relate to others.
In essence, the Ben Franklin effect suggests that when asked to do something for another person, you are more likely to feel kindly towards that person. Conversely, you are more likely to feel neutral or negative towards a person to whom you have behaved badly. Click here to read the rest of the article.  Bias number 16 is known as the belief bias. This is a cognitive bias that affects the way people reason and is an extremely common bias. Because of this, it is an important one to consider.
The way it works in reasoning is this. When confronted with opposing beliefs, people will align with the one that most closely resembles their own values system, beliefs and prior knowledge and will reject other belief systems as being false as a result. Click here to read the rest of the article. |
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