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What is the Observer-expectancy effect? The observer-expectancy effect occurs when people act differently due to knowing what an experimenter expects them to do. Learn about this bias and how it affects scientific research.

What is the Selective perception bias?
Selective perception, also known as confirmation bias and myside bias, is a psychological phenomenon in which people only notice the information that confirms their existing opinions. This effect has been called « biased blind spot » because people were found to acknowledge more numerous biases in others than in themselves.

The choice-support bias is a form of confirmation bias in which you try and find further evidence to support what you’ve already done in the past. While we do not consider it as a cognitive bias since most people use this all the time and don’t see it as such, we still think that there are ways through which one can avoid falling prey to this.

What is the Post-purchase rationalization bias? The Post-purchase rationalization bias is a cognitive bias that refers to a consumer’s tendency to retroactively ascribe positive attributes to a purchase option, despite initial contradictory thoughts.

The congruence bias is a cognitive bias where people will tend to test hypotheses exclusively through direct testing, rejecting any indirect or inferential tests. This can prevent people from looking for alternative hypothesis that they may not have thought of otherwise. People are more likely to look for evidence that supports their current beliefs.

What is the Confirmation Bias? How does it work? The confirmation bias suggests that people ignore evidence that challenges their beliefs and selectively focus on facts that support them.