Confirmation, Someone who believes social media is harmful only reads articles about its negative effects and ignores studies showing benefits., Anchoring, If a jacket is first priced at €300 and later reduced to €150, it feels cheap—even if €150 is still expensive., Availability, After seeing news about plane crashes, someone believes flying is more dangerous than driving., Hindsight, After a team loses a match, fans say, “It was obvious they were going to lose.”, Dunning-Kruger Effect, A beginner language learner believes they are fluent after mastering basic phrases., Self-serving, A student says they passed an exam because they’re smart, but failed another because the teacher was unfair., Fundamental Attribution Error, Thinking someone is rude for being late, without considering traffic or an emergency., In-group, Supporting your football team’s player even when they clearly break the rules., Halo Effect, Assuming a good-looking person is also intelligent and kind., Negativity, Remembering one critical comment and forgetting ten compliments., Sunk Cost Fallacy, Watching a boring film because you already paid for the ticket., Status Quo, Keeping an inefficient system at work because “that’s how it’s always been done.”, Bandwagon, Buying a product just because it’s trending on social media., Overconfidence, A driver believing they’re above average and taking unnecessary risks., Framing, People prefer a product labeled “90% fat-free” over one labeled “10% fat.”.

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