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COGNITIVE BIAS [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-03-27

English

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

... an error in human information processing that affects a person's judgment and decision-making.

OBS

An example of a cognitive bias is confirmation bias ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
  • Comportement humain
DEF

[...] distorsion dans le traitement humain de l'information qui a une incidence sur le jugement et la prise de décision d'une personne.

OBS

Le biais de confirmation est un exemple de biais cognitif.

Spanish

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

Un sesgo cognitivo es un efecto psicológico que produce una desviación en el procesamiento mental, lo que lleva a una distorsión, juicio inexacto, interpretación ilógica, o lo que se llama en términos generales irracionalidad, que se da sobre la base de la interpretación de la información disponible, aunque los datos no sean lógicos o no estén relacionados entre sí.

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