Bias number four is called the anchoring bias, also known as focalism. It is another cognitive bias that affects the way people make decisions.

The anchoring bias describes a person’s tendency to depend too heavily on a certain piece of information offered to make subsequent decisions. Once the mind is set on the anchoring piece of information, all future decision-making processes refer back to this anchored thought.

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Bias number three is called the ambiguity bias, a cognitive bias that affects the way people make decisions.

The ambiguity effect bias explains the human tendency to avoid risk by...

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Bias number two is known as the agent detection bias. This bias belongs to a group of biases that affect decision-making, beliefs and behaviours in human beings.

The agent detection bias is believed to have formed as a survival strategy.

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Bias number one is known as the actor-observer bias. This bias belongs to a group of biases known as social or attributional biases as it can be found most often in relationships between people.

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The world is inundated with bias.

Whether you’re talking about identity politics, health, religion or the weather, you’re almost certainly expressing your views from a bias of some sort.

So, what is bias?

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