Home›Probability and Statistical Reasoning Biases›Type of Phenomenon›Cognitive PhenomenonBrowse ByCognitive PhenomenonType 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.FactsCognitive PhenomenonSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonOriginating WorkWell-attestedJudgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases (Tversky and Kahneman, Science, 1974) 1Cognitive PhenomenonFilter Results26 entriesPhenomenon FamilyAllPattern and Streak Illusions (4)Probability Judgment Fallacies (13)Questionable Research Practices (1)Selection and Sampling Biases (5)Branch of PsychologyAllCognitive Psychology (19)Quantitative Psychology (3)In GroupAllPattern and Streak Illusions (4)Probability Judgment Fallacies (13)Questionable Research Practices (1)Selection and Sampling Biases (5)First Described EraAll1796 (1)1885 (1)1886 (1)1943 (1)1946 (1)1967 (1)1971 (1)1973 (1)1977 (2)1983 (1)1985 (2)1994 (1)2002 (1)2014 (1)2024 (1)Associated PsychologistAllAmos Tversky (5)Daniel Kahneman (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 26Acquiescence BiasCognitive PhenomenonBase Rate FallacyCognitive PhenomenonBerkson's ParadoxCognitive PhenomenonClustering IllusionCognitive PhenomenonCommon-Method VarianceCognitive PhenomenonConjunction FallacyCognitive PhenomenonDenominator NeglectCognitive PhenomenonDichotomous ThinkingCognitive PhenomenonFavourite-Longshot BiasCognitive PhenomenonGambler's FallacyCognitive PhenomenonHard-Easy EffectCognitive PhenomenonHot-Hand FallacyCognitive PhenomenonIllusory CorrelationCognitive PhenomenonInsensitivity to Sample SizeCognitive PhenomenonNeglect of ProbabilityCognitive PhenomenonObservational Interpretation FallacyCognitive PhenomenonParticipation BiasCognitive PhenomenonP-HackingCognitive PhenomenonProbability MatchingCognitive PhenomenonRegression FallacyCognitive PhenomenonRegression Toward the MeanCognitive PhenomenonRepresentativeness HeuristicCognitive PhenomenonSelection BiasCognitive PhenomenonSubadditivity EffectCognitive PhenomenonSurvivorship BiasCognitive PhenomenonTexas Sharpshooter FallacyCognitive PhenomenonSources1. Wikipedia: Heuristics in Judgment and Decision-Makingtier 2Wikimedia FoundationHeuristics in judgment and decision-making, Tversky and Kahneman section, probability/statistical-reasoning clusterQuote, Heuristics in judgment and decision-making, Tversky and Kahneman section, probability/statistical-reasoning clusterThis research, called the heuristics-and-biases program, challenged the idea that human beings are rational actors and first gained worldwide attention in 1974 with the Science paper "Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases".View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.