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Record 1 2023-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human Behaviour
CONT

The normalcy bias, or normality bias, is a mental state people enter when facing a disaster. It causes people to underestimate both the possibility of a disaster and its possible effects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
  • Comportement humain
CONT

Le biais de normalité est un réflexe qui [...] pousse [une personne] à croire que [sa] vie se déroulera comme elle s'est toujours déroulée, et, ainsi, à ignorer la possibilité qu'une catastrophe ou un événement non prévu vienne tout chambouler.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología cognitiva
  • Comportamiento humano
CONT

El sesgo de la normalidad es un sesgo cognitivo que hace que creamos, irracionalmente, que nunca nos ocurrirá nada malo porque nunca nos ha ocurrido.

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