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Your brain tracks background noise until your name is spoken.
The cocktail party effect describes your ability to focus your attention on one voice while ignoring other background stimuli.
E. Colin Cherry (1953), The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
The cocktail party effect describes your ability to focus your attention on one voice while ignoring other background stimuli.
E. Colin Cherry (1953), The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
Your brain tracks background noise until your name is spoken.
The cocktail party effect describes your ability to focus your attention on one voice while ignoring other background stimuli.
oddlywired.github.io
September 15, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Your brain tracks background noise until your name is spoken.
The cocktail party effect describes your ability to focus your attention on one voice while ignoring other background stimuli.
E. Colin Cherry (1953), The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
The cocktail party effect describes your ability to focus your attention on one voice while ignoring other background stimuli.
E. Colin Cherry (1953), The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
You systematically overestimate how much you know about topics.
Lichtenstein, Fischhoff, and Phillips, 1982, Judgment Under Uncertainty
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
Lichtenstein, Fischhoff, and Phillips, 1982, Judgment Under Uncertainty
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
You systematically overestimate how much you know about topics.
The overconfidence effect is a bias where subjective confidence in judgments often exceeds objective accuracy, though this depends significantly on task difficulty.
oddlywired.github.io
September 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
You systematically overestimate how much you know about topics.
Lichtenstein, Fischhoff, and Phillips, 1982, Judgment Under Uncertainty
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
Lichtenstein, Fischhoff, and Phillips, 1982, Judgment Under Uncertainty
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
You repeat a false statement until you believe it.
Hasher, Goldstein, and Toppino, 1977, Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
Hasher, Goldstein, and Toppino, 1977, Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
You repeat a false statement until you believe it.
The illusory truth effect describes the tendency to believe repeated information is more credible, a phenomenon first established by Hasher, Goldstein, and Toppino in 1977.
oddlywired.github.io
September 15, 2026 at 3:34 PM
You repeat a false statement until you believe it.
Hasher, Goldstein, and Toppino, 1977, Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
Hasher, Goldstein, and Toppino, 1977, Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
Disconfirming evidence can strengthen your initial incorrect belief.
The 'backfire effect' was proposed in 2010 to describe people doubling down on beliefs, but subsequent large-scale research has failed to replicate this as a common phenomenon.
Nyhan and Reifler, 2010
#psychology #science
The 'backfire effect' was proposed in 2010 to describe people doubling down on beliefs, but subsequent large-scale research has failed to replicate this as a common phenomenon.
Nyhan and Reifler, 2010
#psychology #science
Disconfirming evidence can strengthen your initial incorrect belief.
The 'backfire effect' was proposed in 2010 to describe people doubling down on beliefs, but subsequent large-scale research has failed to replicate this as a common phenomenon.
oddlywired.github.io
September 14, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Disconfirming evidence can strengthen your initial incorrect belief.
The 'backfire effect' was proposed in 2010 to describe people doubling down on beliefs, but subsequent large-scale research has failed to replicate this as a common phenomenon.
Nyhan and Reifler, 2010
#psychology #science
The 'backfire effect' was proposed in 2010 to describe people doubling down on beliefs, but subsequent large-scale research has failed to replicate this as a common phenomenon.
Nyhan and Reifler, 2010
#psychology #science
Your current mood dictates your tolerance for risk.
The affect heuristic means that your feelings act as a shortcut for making complex decisions.
Slovic, Finucane, Peters, and MacGregor, 2007, European Journal of Operational Research
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
The affect heuristic means that your feelings act as a shortcut for making complex decisions.
Slovic, Finucane, Peters, and MacGregor, 2007, European Journal of Operational Research
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
Your current mood dictates your tolerance for risk.
The affect heuristic means that your feelings act as a shortcut for making complex decisions.
oddlywired.github.io
September 14, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Your current mood dictates your tolerance for risk.
The affect heuristic means that your feelings act as a shortcut for making complex decisions.
Slovic, Finucane, Peters, and MacGregor, 2007, European Journal of Operational Research
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
The affect heuristic means that your feelings act as a shortcut for making complex decisions.
Slovic, Finucane, Peters, and MacGregor, 2007, European Journal of Operational Research
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
You avoid action to prevent the possibility of regret.
The omission bias is the tendency to judge harmful actions as worse than equally harmful instances of inaction.
Ritov and Baron, 1990, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
The omission bias is the tendency to judge harmful actions as worse than equally harmful instances of inaction.
Ritov and Baron, 1990, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
You avoid action to prevent the possibility of regret.
The omission bias is the tendency to judge harmful actions as worse than equally harmful instances of inaction.
oddlywired.github.io
September 14, 2026 at 4:58 PM
You avoid action to prevent the possibility of regret.
The omission bias is the tendency to judge harmful actions as worse than equally harmful instances of inaction.
Ritov and Baron, 1990, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
The omission bias is the tendency to judge harmful actions as worse than equally harmful instances of inaction.
Ritov and Baron, 1990, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
A single new purchase triggers an endless cycle of consumption.
Grant McCracken's 1988 book 'Culture and Consumption' introduced the 'Diderot effect' as a sociological concept, interpreting Diderot's 1769 essay to explain consumer behavior.
Grant McCracken (1988)
#psychology #science
Grant McCracken's 1988 book 'Culture and Consumption' introduced the 'Diderot effect' as a sociological concept, interpreting Diderot's 1769 essay to explain consumer behavior.
Grant McCracken (1988)
#psychology #science
A single new purchase triggers an endless cycle of consumption.
Grant McCracken's 1988 book 'Culture and Consumption' introduced the 'Diderot effect' as a sociological concept, interpreting Diderot's 1769 essay to explain consumer behavior.
oddlywired.github.io
September 13, 2026 at 11:08 PM
A single new purchase triggers an endless cycle of consumption.
Grant McCracken's 1988 book 'Culture and Consumption' introduced the 'Diderot effect' as a sociological concept, interpreting Diderot's 1769 essay to explain consumer behavior.
Grant McCracken (1988)
#psychology #science
Grant McCracken's 1988 book 'Culture and Consumption' introduced the 'Diderot effect' as a sociological concept, interpreting Diderot's 1769 essay to explain consumer behavior.
Grant McCracken (1988)
#psychology #science
You remember information best when it relates to you.
The self-reference effect demonstrates that humans have superior recall for information processed in relation to their own life and traits.
Rogers, Kuiper, and Kirker, 1977
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
The self-reference effect demonstrates that humans have superior recall for information processed in relation to their own life and traits.
Rogers, Kuiper, and Kirker, 1977
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
You remember information best when it relates to you.
The self-reference effect demonstrates that humans have superior recall for information processed in relation to their own life and traits.
oddlywired.github.io
September 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
You remember information best when it relates to you.
The self-reference effect demonstrates that humans have superior recall for information processed in relation to their own life and traits.
Rogers, Kuiper, and Kirker, 1977
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
The self-reference effect demonstrates that humans have superior recall for information processed in relation to their own life and traits.
Rogers, Kuiper, and Kirker, 1977
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
You value a service more when you see the work.
The labor illusion suggests that users perceive more value in a service if they observe the effort required to produce it.
Buell and Norton, 2011
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
The labor illusion suggests that users perceive more value in a service if they observe the effort required to produce it.
Buell and Norton, 2011
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
You value a service more when you see the work.
The labor illusion suggests that users perceive more value in a service if they observe the effort required to produce it.
oddlywired.github.io
September 13, 2026 at 2:55 PM
You value a service more when you see the work.
The labor illusion suggests that users perceive more value in a service if they observe the effort required to produce it.
Buell and Norton, 2011
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
The labor illusion suggests that users perceive more value in a service if they observe the effort required to produce it.
Buell and Norton, 2011
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
You align your views to minimize conflict within groups.
Groupthink occurs when the desire for harmony or conformity in a decision-making group results in an irrational or dysfunctional…
Irving Janis, 1972
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-align-your-views-to-minimize-conflict-within-groups/
Groupthink occurs when the desire for harmony or conformity in a decision-making group results in an irrational or dysfunctional…
Irving Janis, 1972
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-align-your-views-to-minimize-conflict-within-groups/
You align your views to minimize conflict within groups.
Groupthink occurs when the desire for harmony or conformity in a decision-making group results in an irrational or dysfunctional outcome.
oddlywired.github.io
September 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM
You align your views to minimize conflict within groups.
Groupthink occurs when the desire for harmony or conformity in a decision-making group results in an irrational or dysfunctional…
Irving Janis, 1972
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-align-your-views-to-minimize-conflict-within-groups/
Groupthink occurs when the desire for harmony or conformity in a decision-making group results in an irrational or dysfunctional…
Irving Janis, 1972
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-align-your-views-to-minimize-conflict-within-groups/
You see patterns that do not actually exist.
Humans are prone to perceiving relationships between two independent events because they share a superficial similarity.
Chapman and Chapman, 1967
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-see-patterns-that-do-not-actually-exist/
Humans are prone to perceiving relationships between two independent events because they share a superficial similarity.
Chapman and Chapman, 1967
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-see-patterns-that-do-not-actually-exist/
You see patterns that do not actually exist.
Humans are prone to perceiving relationships between two independent events because they share a superficial similarity.
oddlywired.github.io
September 12, 2026 at 5:05 PM
You see patterns that do not actually exist.
Humans are prone to perceiving relationships between two independent events because they share a superficial similarity.
Chapman and Chapman, 1967
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-see-patterns-that-do-not-actually-exist/
Humans are prone to perceiving relationships between two independent events because they share a superficial similarity.
Chapman and Chapman, 1967
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-see-patterns-that-do-not-actually-exist/
You take action even when it is useless.
In high-pressure situations, people often prefer any action over doing nothing, even if inaction is safer.
Bar-Eli et al., 2007
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-take-action-even-when-it-is-useless/
In high-pressure situations, people often prefer any action over doing nothing, even if inaction is safer.
Bar-Eli et al., 2007
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-take-action-even-when-it-is-useless/
You take action even when it is useless.
In high-pressure situations, people often prefer any action over doing nothing, even if inaction is safer.
oddlywired.github.io
September 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM
You take action even when it is useless.
In high-pressure situations, people often prefer any action over doing nothing, even if inaction is safer.
Bar-Eli et al., 2007
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-take-action-even-when-it-is-useless/
In high-pressure situations, people often prefer any action over doing nothing, even if inaction is safer.
Bar-Eli et al., 2007
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-take-action-even-when-it-is-useless/
Your ability to make good choices erodes by evening.
Decision fatigue suggests that quality of judgment declines after repeated choices, a phenomenon famously illustrated by Danziger et al.…
Vohs et al., 2008
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/your-ability-to-make-good-choices-erodes-by-evening/
Decision fatigue suggests that quality of judgment declines after repeated choices, a phenomenon famously illustrated by Danziger et al.…
Vohs et al., 2008
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/your-ability-to-make-good-choices-erodes-by-evening/
Your ability to make good choices erodes by evening.
Decision fatigue suggests that quality of judgment declines after repeated choices, a phenomenon famously illustrated by Danziger et al. (2011) in their study of parole judges.
oddlywired.github.io
September 11, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Your ability to make good choices erodes by evening.
Decision fatigue suggests that quality of judgment declines after repeated choices, a phenomenon famously illustrated by Danziger et al.…
Vohs et al., 2008
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/your-ability-to-make-good-choices-erodes-by-evening/
Decision fatigue suggests that quality of judgment declines after repeated choices, a phenomenon famously illustrated by Danziger et al.…
Vohs et al., 2008
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/your-ability-to-make-good-choices-erodes-by-evening/
Being asked about a behavior makes you more likely to do it.
Asking someone about their intention to perform a future behavior can influence the likelihood of that…
Morwitz, Johnson, and Schmittlein, 1993
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/being-asked-about-a-behavior-makes-you-more-likely-to-do-it/
Asking someone about their intention to perform a future behavior can influence the likelihood of that…
Morwitz, Johnson, and Schmittlein, 1993
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/being-asked-about-a-behavior-makes-you-more-likely-to-do-it/
Being asked about a behavior makes you more likely to do it.
Asking someone about their intention to perform a future behavior can influence the likelihood of that behavior, but the outcome depends on context and frequency.
oddlywired.github.io
September 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Being asked about a behavior makes you more likely to do it.
Asking someone about their intention to perform a future behavior can influence the likelihood of that…
Morwitz, Johnson, and Schmittlein, 1993
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/being-asked-about-a-behavior-makes-you-more-likely-to-do-it/
Asking someone about their intention to perform a future behavior can influence the likelihood of that…
Morwitz, Johnson, and Schmittlein, 1993
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/being-asked-about-a-behavior-makes-you-more-likely-to-do-it/
You do not know why you reached that conclusion.
The confabulation effect occurs when you provide a logical reason for an action that was actually caused by a subconscious prime or hidden…
Nisbett and Wilson, 1977
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-do-not-know-why-you-reached-that-conclusion/
The confabulation effect occurs when you provide a logical reason for an action that was actually caused by a subconscious prime or hidden…
Nisbett and Wilson, 1977
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-do-not-know-why-you-reached-that-conclusion/
You do not know why you reached that conclusion.
The confabulation effect occurs when you provide a logical reason for an action that was actually caused by a subconscious prime or hidden influence.
oddlywired.github.io
September 11, 2026 at 3:02 PM
You do not know why you reached that conclusion.
The confabulation effect occurs when you provide a logical reason for an action that was actually caused by a subconscious prime or hidden…
Nisbett and Wilson, 1977
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-do-not-know-why-you-reached-that-conclusion/
The confabulation effect occurs when you provide a logical reason for an action that was actually caused by a subconscious prime or hidden…
Nisbett and Wilson, 1977
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-do-not-know-why-you-reached-that-conclusion/
You believe you are more unique than you are.
The false uniqueness effect leads you to overestimate how rare your own positive traits and abilities actually are.
Suls and Wan, 1987
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-believe-you-are-more-unique-than-you-are/
The false uniqueness effect leads you to overestimate how rare your own positive traits and abilities actually are.
Suls and Wan, 1987
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-believe-you-are-more-unique-than-you-are/
You believe you are more unique than you are.
The false uniqueness effect leads you to overestimate how rare your own positive traits and abilities actually are.
oddlywired.github.io
September 10, 2026 at 11:08 PM
You believe you are more unique than you are.
The false uniqueness effect leads you to overestimate how rare your own positive traits and abilities actually are.
Suls and Wan, 1987
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-believe-you-are-more-unique-than-you-are/
The false uniqueness effect leads you to overestimate how rare your own positive traits and abilities actually are.
Suls and Wan, 1987
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-believe-you-are-more-unique-than-you-are/
People perform better because you expect them to.
Higher performance expectations lead to improved outcomes for the individuals being observed.
Rosenthal and Jacobson, 1968
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/people-perform-better-because-you-expect-them-to/
Higher performance expectations lead to improved outcomes for the individuals being observed.
Rosenthal and Jacobson, 1968
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/people-perform-better-because-you-expect-them-to/
People perform better because you expect them to.
Higher performance expectations lead to improved outcomes for the individuals being observed.
oddlywired.github.io
September 10, 2026 at 5:40 PM
People perform better because you expect them to.
Higher performance expectations lead to improved outcomes for the individuals being observed.
Rosenthal and Jacobson, 1968
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/people-perform-better-because-you-expect-them-to/
Higher performance expectations lead to improved outcomes for the individuals being observed.
Rosenthal and Jacobson, 1968
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/people-perform-better-because-you-expect-them-to/
You change your own behavior when being watched.
The 'Hawthorne effect' is a popular but scientifically contested term used to describe the hypothesis that subjects change their behavior due…
Hawthorne effect, 1920s
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-change-your-own-behavior-when-being-watched/
The 'Hawthorne effect' is a popular but scientifically contested term used to describe the hypothesis that subjects change their behavior due…
Hawthorne effect, 1920s
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-change-your-own-behavior-when-being-watched/
You change your own behavior when being watched.
The 'Hawthorne effect' is a popular but scientifically contested term used to describe the hypothesis that subjects change their behavior due to being observed, although the…
oddlywired.github.io
September 10, 2026 at 2:59 PM
You change your own behavior when being watched.
The 'Hawthorne effect' is a popular but scientifically contested term used to describe the hypothesis that subjects change their behavior due…
Hawthorne effect, 1920s
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-change-your-own-behavior-when-being-watched/
The 'Hawthorne effect' is a popular but scientifically contested term used to describe the hypothesis that subjects change their behavior due…
Hawthorne effect, 1920s
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-change-your-own-behavior-when-being-watched/
Losing ten dollars feels worse than winning ten feels.
Kahneman and Tversky's 1992 paper established that the pain of losing is approximately 2.25 times more powerful than the joy of…
Kahneman and Tversky, 1979
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/losing-ten-dollars-feels-worse-than-winning-ten-feels/
Kahneman and Tversky's 1992 paper established that the pain of losing is approximately 2.25 times more powerful than the joy of…
Kahneman and Tversky, 1979
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/losing-ten-dollars-feels-worse-than-winning-ten-feels/
Losing ten dollars feels worse than winning ten feels.
Kahneman and Tversky's 1992 paper established that the pain of losing is approximately 2.25 times more powerful than the joy of gaining.
oddlywired.github.io
September 9, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Losing ten dollars feels worse than winning ten feels.
Kahneman and Tversky's 1992 paper established that the pain of losing is approximately 2.25 times more powerful than the joy of…
Kahneman and Tversky, 1979
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/losing-ten-dollars-feels-worse-than-winning-ten-feels/
Kahneman and Tversky's 1992 paper established that the pain of losing is approximately 2.25 times more powerful than the joy of…
Kahneman and Tversky, 1979
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/losing-ten-dollars-feels-worse-than-winning-ten-feels/
You can remember events that never actually happened.
Leading questions can bias eyewitness testimony and retrospectively influence how events are reported.
Loftus and Palmer (1974)
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-can-remember-events-that-never-actually-happened/
Leading questions can bias eyewitness testimony and retrospectively influence how events are reported.
Loftus and Palmer (1974)
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-can-remember-events-that-never-actually-happened/
You can remember events that never actually happened.
Leading questions can bias eyewitness testimony and retrospectively influence how events are reported.
oddlywired.github.io
September 9, 2026 at 5:48 PM
You can remember events that never actually happened.
Leading questions can bias eyewitness testimony and retrospectively influence how events are reported.
Loftus and Palmer (1974)
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-can-remember-events-that-never-actually-happened/
Leading questions can bias eyewitness testimony and retrospectively influence how events are reported.
Loftus and Palmer (1974)
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-can-remember-events-that-never-actually-happened/
You filter reality to fit what you already know.
Humans systematically favor information that confirms their existing beliefs.
Lord, Ross, and Lepper (1979)
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-filter-reality-to-fit-what-you-already-know/
Humans systematically favor information that confirms their existing beliefs.
Lord, Ross, and Lepper (1979)
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-filter-reality-to-fit-what-you-already-know/
You filter reality to fit what you already know.
Humans systematically favor information that confirms their existing beliefs.
oddlywired.github.io
September 9, 2026 at 3:07 PM
You filter reality to fit what you already know.
Humans systematically favor information that confirms their existing beliefs.
Lord, Ross, and Lepper (1979)
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-filter-reality-to-fit-what-you-already-know/
Humans systematically favor information that confirms their existing beliefs.
Lord, Ross, and Lepper (1979)
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-filter-reality-to-fit-what-you-already-know/
Your personal effort drops when you join a group.
The phenomenon of decreased group effort is often termed 'social loafing,' a term coined by Latané et al. in 1979, which is historically rooted in…
Ringelmann, 1913
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/your-personal-effort-drops-when-you-join-a-group/
The phenomenon of decreased group effort is often termed 'social loafing,' a term coined by Latané et al. in 1979, which is historically rooted in…
Ringelmann, 1913
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/your-personal-effort-drops-when-you-join-a-group/
Your personal effort drops when you join a group.
The phenomenon of decreased group effort is often termed 'social loafing,' a term coined by Latané et al. in 1979, which is historically rooted in the 'Ringelmann effect'…
oddlywired.github.io
September 8, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Your personal effort drops when you join a group.
The phenomenon of decreased group effort is often termed 'social loafing,' a term coined by Latané et al. in 1979, which is historically rooted in…
Ringelmann, 1913
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/your-personal-effort-drops-when-you-join-a-group/
The phenomenon of decreased group effort is often termed 'social loafing,' a term coined by Latané et al. in 1979, which is historically rooted in…
Ringelmann, 1913
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/your-personal-effort-drops-when-you-join-a-group/
You are functionally blind for half a second.
The attentional blink is a performance deficit where individuals struggle to identify a second target in a rapid sequence of stimuli…
Raymond et al. (1992), attentional blink
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-are-functionally-blind-for-half-a-second/
The attentional blink is a performance deficit where individuals struggle to identify a second target in a rapid sequence of stimuli…
Raymond et al. (1992), attentional blink
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-are-functionally-blind-for-half-a-second/
You are functionally blind for half a second.
The attentional blink is a performance deficit where individuals struggle to identify a second target in a rapid sequence of stimuli when it appears within 200-500ms of a first…
oddlywired.github.io
September 8, 2026 at 5:54 PM
You are functionally blind for half a second.
The attentional blink is a performance deficit where individuals struggle to identify a second target in a rapid sequence of stimuli…
Raymond et al. (1992), attentional blink
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-are-functionally-blind-for-half-a-second/
The attentional blink is a performance deficit where individuals struggle to identify a second target in a rapid sequence of stimuli…
Raymond et al. (1992), attentional blink
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-are-functionally-blind-for-half-a-second/
You judge the actions of your group more leniently.
When a member of your own group fails, you attribute it to bad luck; when an outsider fails, you attribute it to…
Pettigrew (1979), ultimate attribution error
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-judge-the-actions-of-your-group-more-leniently/
When a member of your own group fails, you attribute it to bad luck; when an outsider fails, you attribute it to…
Pettigrew (1979), ultimate attribution error
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-judge-the-actions-of-your-group-more-leniently/
You judge the actions of your group more leniently.
When a member of your own group fails, you attribute it to bad luck; when an outsider fails, you attribute it to their incompetence.
oddlywired.github.io
September 8, 2026 at 3:07 PM
You judge the actions of your group more leniently.
When a member of your own group fails, you attribute it to bad luck; when an outsider fails, you attribute it to…
Pettigrew (1979), ultimate attribution error
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-judge-the-actions-of-your-group-more-leniently/
When a member of your own group fails, you attribute it to bad luck; when an outsider fails, you attribute it to…
Pettigrew (1979), ultimate attribution error
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-judge-the-actions-of-your-group-more-leniently/
You agree to big requests to stay consistent.
A 1966 study found that people are more likely to accept a large favor if they first agreed to a small one.
Freedman and Fraser, 1966
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-agree-to-big-requests-to-stay-consistent/
A 1966 study found that people are more likely to accept a large favor if they first agreed to a small one.
Freedman and Fraser, 1966
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-agree-to-big-requests-to-stay-consistent/
You agree to big requests to stay consistent.
A 1966 study found that people are more likely to accept a large favor if they first agreed to a small one.
oddlywired.github.io
September 7, 2026 at 11:29 PM
You agree to big requests to stay consistent.
A 1966 study found that people are more likely to accept a large favor if they first agreed to a small one.
Freedman and Fraser, 1966
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-agree-to-big-requests-to-stay-consistent/
A 1966 study found that people are more likely to accept a large favor if they first agreed to a small one.
Freedman and Fraser, 1966
https://oddlywired.github.io/f/you-agree-to-big-requests-to-stay-consistent/