Social Psych | Cognitive Bias | List of Cognitive Biases |
Cognitive Bias Sources  Self Perception Biases  Self Perception
biases are the tendency to allow one’s dispositions to affect
one's way of interpreting information. Self perception biases
are distortions of one’s own view of self. photo
credit:jcoterhals@flickr    1. Bias Blind Spot - the affectation
or tendency to be ignorant of one’s own biases. This is a case
of the blind not knowing or ignoring that they are blind.
(Pronin and Kugler, 2007)   2. Illusion of Control - the belief
of being in at least some control over events and outcomes that
you actually have no effect on. The devoted fan who gets out his
lucky hat that "always brings the game back whenever the Giants
are down" is a good example of this bias. (Kahneman and Tversky,
1972)   3. Restraint Bias - having overconfidence in one’s own
ability to deny temptations. This is a common bias because
people like to believe they can handle whatever faces them and
do not want to see themselves as ha