Tag
perception
Entries tagged with perception - exploring this theme across cognitive biases, logical fallacies, mental models, and more.
12 concepts
Apophenia
The tendency to perceive meaningful connections, patterns, or intentions in random or unrelated information.
Cognitive BiasAttentional Bias
The tendency for your perception to be shaped by what you're already thinking about, worrying about, or primed to notice.
Cognitive BiasClustering Illusion
The tendency to see meaningful patterns in small clusters of random data, when the clusters are exactly what randomness looks like.
Cognitive BiasContrast Effect
The tendency for your judgement of something to shift depending on what you compare it to.
Psychological PhenomenonExpectancy Violation
When someone breaks from expected behaviour, you don't just notice - you react more strongly than the behaviour itself would normally warrant.
Cognitive BiasFrequency Illusion
Once you notice something for the first time, you suddenly seem to see it everywhere - not because it's more common, but because you're now looking for it.
Cognitive BiasHalo Effect
One positive trait colours your entire perception of a person, product, or idea.
Cognitive BiasIllusory Correlation
Perceiving a relationship between two things when no meaningful connection exists - or when the connection is far weaker than it appears.
Psychological PhenomenonImplicit Association
The automatic, unconscious mental connections between concepts, groups, and attributes that shape perception and behaviour without conscious awareness.
Cognitive BiasNaive Realism
The belief that you see the world as it objectively is - and that anyone who disagrees must be biased, uninformed, or irrational.
Psychological PhenomenonPareidolia
The tendency to see recognisable shapes - especially faces - in random patterns, clouds, textures, and noise.
Cognitive BiasSalience Bias
The tendency to give disproportionate weight to prominent, vivid, or emotionally striking information while overlooking quieter details.