Bias

Cognitive bias algorithms

  • Availability cascade – repeat something over and over and it will come true.
  • Bandwagon effect.
  • Confirmation bias.
  • Fear of missing out (FOMO).
  • Herd mentality.
  • Anchoring – relying on a single piece of information in the decision process.
  • Framing – reaching different conclusion from same information depending on how the information is presented.
  • Zeigarnik effect – remembering incomplete task better than completed tasks. LinkedIn’s profiles.
  • Authority bias.
  • Loss aversion.
  • Reciprocity bias.
  • Hyperbolic discounting bias – preference for immediate payoffs relative to later payoffs.