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Wikipedia: Action Bias

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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_bias

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Wikimedia Foundation
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_bias
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
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Wikipedia: Action Bias
Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia, Action bias, lead section
Quote, Wikipedia, Action bias, lead section
Action bias is the psychological phenomenon where people tend to favor action over inaction, even when there is no indication that doing so would point towards a better result.
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Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)

This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Psychological Phenomena, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

Well-attested

8

Psychological Phenomena

Holds

1

Psychological Phenomena

General References

3

Psychological Phenomena

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