Talk:List of cognitive biases

Possible clarifications/ addtions

I'm a relative newbie to the formal study of psychological heuristics and cognitive biases. In perusing this list, I wondered some things:

a. Would "Stereotyping" be enhanced or clarified by the addition of, "(regardless of whether the stereotype may be probabilistically "true.") Or, further and in general, attempting to apply general probabilities that are relevant in a situation to a particular instance." Or is the latter a different bias altogether? (Granted, it is the misapplication of probability theory ("Neglect of probability" bias?), or simply ill-education. cf. "Misuse of Statistics.")

b. Is the "Just-world phenomenon" (Social Biases) the same as the "Just-world hypothesis" (Biases in Probability and Belief)? If so, should they be combined? If not, why are they different? Should they reference each other?

c. Would "System justification" benefit from the addition of, "a.k.a. that's-the-way-it's-always-been or we-don't-do-it-that-way-here" for a wider audience?

d. Where does the NIMBY syndrome fit? (NIMBY: "Not In My Back Yard.") Is it a cognitive bias?

Thanks. Spartan26 (talk) 02:30, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

It has been suggested that List of memory biases be merged into this article or section.

• Support - makes perfect sense, can't think why this has been outstanding since August! Pesky (talk …stalk!) 13:41, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes, makes sense top merge different groups, and I will start with some of this work... first I think it is useful to merge
"Decision-making and behavioral biases: Many of these biases are studied for how they affect belief formation, business decisions, and scientific research"
and
"Biases in probability and belief: Many of these biases are often studied for how they affect business and economic decisions and how they affect experimental research"
which is really arbitrary... --InfoCmplx (talk) 20:04, 14 January 2012 (UTC)