Topic summary
49% 14 analyzed articles/videos 19,819 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Psychology results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Confirmation Bias , and Negativity Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 9.8% saturation with 9,409 hits . Analysis detected 68,105 faulty-reasoning hits from 95,933 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 4% (14,934 of 15,559 topics). This Psychology is better (less manipulative) than 96.00% of the peer group. Psychology
Topic details
Total words: 95,933
Article count: 14
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.0% percentile 1.3% BS Score14 analyzed articles95.9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 3.9% 3.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 1.6% 1.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.0% 5.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 4.0% 4.0% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Topic 0.9% 0.9% 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 2.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.8%, sitewide 3.3% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst