Reels tagged #bias
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Psychology
The least skilled are often the most confident
The Dunning-Kruger effect: when you know very little about a subject, you cannot see how much you are missing, so confidence outruns skill. Real expertise usually brings more doubt, not less.
Psychology
Losing hurts about twice as much as winning feels good
Loss aversion, measured by Kahneman and Tversky, means people work harder to avoid losing something than to gain the same amount. It quietly shapes prices, insurance and bets.
Psychology
Just seeing something often makes you like it
The mere-exposure effect: repeated exposure to a face, song or logo raises liking, even when people cannot remember seeing it. Familiarity feels like preference.