{"product_id":"cognitive-illusions-9780367724245","title":"Cognitive Illusions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCognitive Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e explores a wide range of fascinating psychological effects in the way we think, judge and remember in our everyday lives. In this volume, Rüdiger F. Pohl brings together leading international researchers to define what cognitive illusions are and discuss their theoretical status: are such illusions proof of a faulty human information-processing system, or do they only represent by-products of otherwise adaptive cognitive mechanisms? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book describes and discusses 26 different cognitive illusions, with each chapter giving a profound overview of the respective empirical research including potential explanations, individual differences, and relevant applied perspectives. This edition has been thoroughly updated throughout, featuring new chapters on negativity bias, metacognition, and how we respond to fake news, along with detailed descriptions of experiments that can be used as classroom demonstration in every chapter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemonstrating just how \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/strong\u003e1. What are cognitive illusions? \u003cb\u003ePart I Thinking \u003c\/b\u003e2. Conjunction fallacy\u003cbr\u003e3. Base-rate neglect 4. Framing 5. Confirmation bias – Myside bias 6. Illusory correlation\u003cbr\u003e7. Causality bias 8. Illusions of control 9. Wason selection task 10. Belief bias in deductive reasoning\u003cb\u003e Part II Judgment \u003c\/b\u003e11. Availability 12. Judgments by representativeness 13. Anchoring effect 14. Illusory truth effect 15. Mere exposure effect 16. Halo effects 17. Assumed similarity\u003cbr\u003e18. Overconfidence 19. Metacognitive illusions 20. Fake news and participatory propaganda 21. Positivity biases \u003cb\u003ePart III Memory \u003c\/b\u003e22. Moses illusion 23. Survival processing effect 24. Labeling and overshadowing effects 25. Associative memory illusions 26. Misinformation effect\u003cbr\u003e27. Hindsight bias\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018044473687,"sku":"9780367724245","price":45.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367724245.jpg?v=1750775452","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cognitive-illusions-9780367724245","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}