Chart of Common Cognitive Biases

Cognitive bias comes in many forms, but most biases can be traced to one of two sources: heuristic reasoning and motivated reasoning. This infographic articulates the relationship between cognitive bias and these forms of reasoning. It also defines a variety of common cognitive biases and presents a visual categorization of biases according to whether they are rooted primarily in heuristic reasoning or motivated reasoning.

Topics

  • anchoring bias
  • availability bias
  • availability heuristic
  • bandwagon effect
  • bias
  • cognitive bias
  • confirmation bias
  • Dunning-Kruger effect
  • fundamental attribution error
  • gambler’s fallacy
  • groupthink
  • heuristic reasoning
  • heuristics
  • motivated reasoning
  • optimism bias
  • reasoning
  • representativeness bias
  • representativeness heuristic
  • scarcity bias
  • self-serving bias
  • status quo bias