Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,103 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cognitive Development results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Hasty Generalization, and Confirmation Bias, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 18.8% saturation with 830 hits. Analysis detected 3,375 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,412 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠52% (7,972 of 16,562 topics). This Cognitive Development is worse (more manipulative) than 51.90% of the peer group.
Cognitive Development
Topic details
Total words: 4,412
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

52% percentile
025507510051.9% percentile
3.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 18.8%18.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.7%1.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.7%1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.3%3.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 5.0%5.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 2.5%2.5%

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: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 19.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 18.8%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.5%Begging the Question: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.4%Indoctrination: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Nature: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.8%Composition/Division: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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