Topic summary
⁠80%2 analyzed articles/videos1,326 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cognitive Psychology results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Overconfidence Bias, and Anecdotal, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 21% saturation with 1,857 hits. Analysis detected 9,852 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,841 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of ⁠51% (8,128 of 16,562 topics). This Cognitive Psychology is worse (more manipulative) than 50.90% of the peer group.
Cognitive Psychology
Topic details
Total words: 8,841
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

51% percentile
025507510050.9% percentile
3.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles8.8K 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 3.6%3.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.0%4.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 21.0%21.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 7.7%7.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.7%4.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 8.2%8.2%

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 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 21.0%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anecdotal: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 5.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 5.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 7.7%, sitewide 0.8%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.8%, sitewide 3.3%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 6.0%Indoctrination: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%Composition/Division: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.2%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos