There are hundreds of documented cognitive biases, but new research suggests that many of them load onto just a handful of meta-beliefs such as:
My experience is a good reference
I make correct assessments of the world
I am good
My group is a reasonable reference point
My group and its members are good
Link: Toward Parsimony in Bias Research: A Proposed Common Framework of Belief-Consistent Information Processing for a Set of Biases
Linkpost: A model of biases as arising from meta-beliefs
There are hundreds of documented cognitive biases, but new research suggests that many of them load onto just a handful of meta-beliefs such as:
My experience is a good reference
I make correct assessments of the world
I am good
My group is a reasonable reference point
My group and its members are good
Link: Toward Parsimony in Bias Research: A Proposed Common Framework of Belief-Consistent Information Processing for a Set of Biases