Thinking and cognition
How we attend to, judge and interpret events, and the predictable ways thinking goes wrong.
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Thinking errors
Ways of reading events that drift from the facts in predictable directions.
- Cognitive distortions 认知扭曲
- Habitual thinking errors, like all-or-nothing thinking or mind reading, that distort how a situation looks.
Judgment and self-assessment
How accurately people estimate their own abilities.
- Dunning–Kruger effect 邓宁-克鲁格效应
- Poor performers tend to overestimate themselves, while top performers tend to underestimate themselves.