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== Cognitive biases ==
== Cognitive biases & syndromes ==
=== Dunning–Kruger effect ===
=== Dunning–Kruger effect ===
* the cognitive bias of overestimation of one's own competency and lack of awareness of one's own limited competence
* the cognitive bias of overestimation of one's own competency and lack of awareness of one's own limited competence
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=== Observation bias ===
=== Observation bias ===
* also known as "observer effect"
* when the observer changes the actual event / object being observed
* when the observer changes the actual event / object being observed