🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

kognitive Verzerrung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kɔɡ.niˈtiː.və fɛɐ̯ˈtsɛʁ.ʊŋ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
cognitive-bias/ˈkɒɡ.nɪ.tɪv ˈbaɪ.əs/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Eine kognitive Verzerrung kann unsere Urteilskraft trüben."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A systematic error in thinking that occurs when people are processing and interpreting information in the world around them.

    "Confirmation bias is a common cognitive bias that leads people to favor information that confirms their existing beliefs."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the field of psychology by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman in the 1970s, combining 'cognitive' (from Latin cognoscere, meaning 'to know') and 'bias' (from Old Provençal biais, meaning 'slant' or 'slope').

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