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In group gathers related phenomena into a wider family, such as the many named biases that share a common root. Wikipedia notes that "cognitive biases may sometimes lead to perceptual distortion, inaccurate judgment, illogical interpretation, and irrationality," showing how many distinct effects spring from the same underlying tendency. Browsing this way helps a visitor see a phenomenon in its proper family rather than alone.

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Anna Freud's The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence (1936) 1
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1. Wikipedia: Defence mechanism
WikipediaDefence mechanism, History section
Quote, Defence mechanism, History section
In the first definitive book on defence mechanisms, The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence (1936), Anna Freud enumerated the ten defence mechanisms that appear in the works of her father, Sigmund Freud.
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