- People often decide how to act based on what they think others are doing, a phenomenon known as the 'bandwagon effect'. This can influence anything from the political candidate that they choose to support, to which comments they upvote on social media. https://effectiviology.com/bandwagon/ 8 comments cogsci
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- Premature Optimization: Why It’s the “Root of All Evil” and How to Avoid It – Effectiviology https://effectiviology.com/premature-optimization/ 0 comments
- The Availability Cascade: How Information Spreads on a Large Scale – Effectiviology https://effectiviology.com/availability-cascade/ 0 comments
- Authority Bias: Lessons from the Milgram Obedience Experiment – Effectiviology https://effectiviology.com/authority-bias-the-milgram-obedience-experiment/ 0 comments
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- How Internet Access Drives Global Vaccine Skepticism | International Journal of Public Opinion Research | Oxford Academic https://academic.oup.com/ijpor/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ijpor/edy023/5224528 115 comments
- Self-Distancing: What It Is and How You Can Use It to Make Better Decisions – Effectiviology https://effectiviology.com/self-distancing-rational-decisions/ 114 comments
- The Backfire Effect: Why Facts Don’t Always Change Minds – Effectiviology https://effectiviology.com/backfire-effect-facts-dont-change-minds/ 22 comments
- The False-Consensus Effect: People Overestimate How Much Others Are Like Them – Effectiviology https://effectiviology.com/false-consensus/ 10 comments
- The Empathy Gap: Why People Fail to Understand Different Perspectives – Effectiviology https://effectiviology.com/empathy-gap/ 4 comments
- Knoll’s Law of Media Accuracy: Remember that Not Everything in the News Is True – Effectiviology https://effectiviology.com/knolls-law/ 1 comment
- The Psychologist’s Fallacy: It’s Wrong to Assume that Your Interpretation Must Be Right – Effectiviology https://effectiviology.com/psychologists-fallacy/ 0 comments
- The Availability Cascade: How Information Spreads on a Large Scale – Effectiviology https://effectiviology.com/availability-cascade/ 0 comments
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