Human perception
Social psychology and cognitive biases.
Networks
- The Majority Illusion and the Abilene Paradox
Gender Bias
Perception of Dominance
- Melissa J. Williams, Tiedens, Larissa Z. Tiedens. "The subtle suspension of backlash: A meta-analysis of penalties for women’s implicit and explicit dominance behavior." Psychological Bulletin, Vol 142(2), Feb 2016, 165-197. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bul0000039
Survivorship Bias
Focusing on things that succeeded, while ignoring things that failed. Another corollary to "correlation ≠ causation."
Said another way:
Be wary of extrapolating from positive deviance!
Availability Heuristic
If you can recall it, it must be important.
Bias towards information or actions you can more easily recall (such as recent news or things with major consequences).
Representativeness Heuristic
Presumption that people or events share the features of other members in that category.
What You See Is All There Is (WYSIATI)
(Show pie graph as counter to this.)
Ed Batista's "Seeing what's not there (The importance of missing data)."
Affective Errors
Tendency to make decisions based on what we wish is true.
Applies to folks we like, which can affect the quality of our judgement. Brooke Harrington's research on investment clubs showed clubs formed primarily through professional bonds — as opposed to social ones — earned higher returns. “One of the things that can torpedo group performance is when people are too socially enmeshed with one another. They can become reluctant to really be direct and honest with one another.”
