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Bias sketches

Explore sketches, drawings, and illustrations that simplify ideas related to Bias.

The Fundamental Attribution Error illustration: a driver assuming someone is rude when they swerved in front of them rather than considering that they may have been running late and it been an accident - attributing character over contextThe Fundamental Attribution ErrorThe Barnum effect (also the Forer effect) illustrated by 3 people, each getting the same seemingly personalised personality test result and figuring it described them perfectly.The Barnum effectWhat is attribution bias example explained: a parent consoling a child and correcting their attribution of winning and losing to the situation and actions not to personal traitsAttribution biasWhat is Optimism bias example explained: A stunt rider overestimates their chance of leaping a canyon thanks to optimism bias. Various onlookers gasp. "Huh" says the riderOptimism biasOne-size-fits-men summary: Piano keyboard showing different handspan widths and that standard keyboards advantage larger handspansOne-size-fits-menDon't ask the barber if you need a haircut - quote from Warren Buffet and othersDon't ask the barber if you need a haircutConfirmation bias: people dressed in blue buy the blue newspapers at a newsstand while some reds are buying the red papers.Confirmation biasThe bandwagon effect: someone struggles to decide at a path forking between a long empty road of 'what they think' and one full of people and fun of 'what everyone thinks'The bandwagon effectSurvivorship Bias illustration: two analysts observe bullet damage, depicted by red dots, on a fighter plane returning from battle. They propose that heavier armour is added to all aircraft in the most hit areas of the plane. A third onlooker wonders whether this surviving plane tells a different story in that it returned because the most vulnerable areas weren't hit. Maybe heavier armour should be added to those areas? Survivorship biasFading affect bias illustration: showing that the emotional intensity of negative memories, like dropping your ice cream, fades faster than for positive memoriesFading affect biasThe Implicit Association Test illustration: using gender roles as an example, we are asked to sort Career words into a Men's column and Home/Family words into a Women's column. We are then asked to do the opposite. One's bias is calculated as the difference in time it takes to complete both tasks. The Implicit Association TestWhat is the IKEA effect example explained - sketch shows a person that put an IKEA table together by themselves, and although it's not a perfect build they still love it, because they put it togetherThe IKEA effectThe frequency illusion explained in a sketch with an expecting couple suddenly seeing babies everywhereThe frequency illusion: we notice what’s top of mindAn energised person at 9 am closely contemplates a file while at noon they're down to 'whatever'Don’t make important decisions on an empty stomachProspect theoryPrices written smaller seem more affordable examplePrices written smaller seem more affordableThe decoy priceThe Lake Wobegon EffectSurvivorship Bias illustration: two onlookers enjoy the long-lasting, successful design of the fun, iconic Volkswagen Beetle car. One says to the other "They don't make them like they used to" - ignoring the fact that the product they see is undoubtedly the result of many failed prototype designs. Survivorship biasSneaky cognitive biases: hindsight bias, loss aversion, recency biasThe Anchoring biasAnchoringNarrative biasFramingHyperbolic discountingPresent bias
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