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Cognitive Phenomenon

Type of phenomenon separates effects that are adaptive from those that are simply errors. Wikipedia notes that "cognitive biases may initially appear to be negative, some are adaptive," since a quick judgment can sometimes be more useful than a perfectly accurate one. This grouping lets a visitor tell a helpful mental shortcut apart from a genuine distortion.

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Phenomenon Family

Branch of Psychology

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First Described Era

Associated Psychologist

Diagnostic Chapter

Proteus Effect

Puppy Pregnancy Syndrome

Qigong Psychotic Reaction

Reduplicative Paramnesia

Rorschach Test

Savant Syndrome

Self-Deception

Somatization

Thought Broadcasting

Thought Insertion

Thought-Action Fusion

Truman Show Delusion

Ukuthwasa

Wannarexia

Waxy Flexibility