Publication summary
42% 53 analyzed articles/videos 30,862 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Psychology Today results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination , Appeal to Authority , and Optimism Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 9.3% saturation with 16,778 hits . Analysis detected 135,213 faulty-reasoning hits from 179,454 analyzed words across 53 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 28% (289 of 398 publications). This Psychology Today is better (less manipulative) than 72.50% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 179,454
Article count: 53
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28% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 27.5% percentile 1.4% BS Score53 analyzed articles179.5K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 2.7% 2.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 4.0% 4.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 2.3% 2.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.7% 2.7% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Publication 6.2% 6.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.7% 0.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 5.3% 5.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.1% 1.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 3.7% 3.7% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Publication 0.4% 0.4% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 10% 10% 20% 20% 30% 30% 40% 40% 50% 50% Framing Effect: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 5.3%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 9.3%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Indoctrination: Publication 6.2%, sitewide 0.0% Optimism Bias: Publication 4.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 3.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% False Dilemma: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 1.5% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst