Common Biases

Here’s a list of some of the most common cognitive biases. To investigate which you may have a tendency toward, click here for the Thought Assessment Framework.

Anchoring

Argumentative Theory of Reasoning

Attentional Bias

Availability Cascade

Belief Bias

Bias Blind-Spot

Choice-Supportive Bias

Confirmation Bias

Escalation Of Commitment

Groupthink

Hyperbolic Discounting

Illusory Correlation

Mere-Exposure Effect

Neglect Of Probability

Normalcy Bias

Not Invented Here

Observer-Expectancy Effect

Optimism Bias

Salience Bias

Self-Serving Bias

Status Quo Bias

The Ambiguity Effect

The Availability Heuristic

The Bandwagon Effect

The False-Consensus Effect

The Gamblers Fallacy

The Halo Effect

The Ostrich Effect

The Pseudocertainty Effect