Topic summary
⁠3%3 analyzed articles/videos997 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Social Psychology results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Authority, and Optimism Bias, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 5.9% saturation with 1,205 hits. Analysis detected 7,994 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,350 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of ⁠1% (15,707 of 15,847 topics). This Social Psychology is better (less manipulative) than 99.10% of the peer group.
Social Psychology
Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

1% percentile
02550751000.9% percentile
1.0% BS Score3 analyzed articles20.4K 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 0.9%0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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 0.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos