LOS Error List

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ERROR LIST

1. GENERALIZE - Superstitious - One insight is all awareness. - NOT insight into an ideal.
    1. Overconfidence effect - False optimism.
    2. Paradox of choice - Despite many options, choice is based on a single factor.
    3. Induction - A not necessarily B. False conclusions.
    4. Envy - "The grass is greener elsewhere."
2. PERSONALIZE - Afraid - Claims true awareness. - NOT ideal is part of a whole.
    1. Social proof - The herd instinct.
    2. Incentive super-response - Unforeseen consequences of action.
    3. Loss aversion - Avoiding loss, perhaps not seeing gain.
    4. Winner's curse - Over inflated egos.
    5. Self-serving bias - Personalization.
    6. Hedonic treadmill - Change without wisdom.
    7. Self-selection bias - Ignoring otherness.
    8. Not-invented-here syndrome - Discounting elsewhere.
    9. Personification - "It could be me!"
    10.Procrastination - Avoiding using energy for work or thought.
3. FALSE EVIDENCE - Selfish - Uses false perceptions. - NOT the part that helps.
    1. Clustering illusion - See meaning in random shapes.
    2. Confirmation bias - False evidence used to prove beliefs.
    3. Regression to mean - Devaluing natural fluctuations.
    4. Scarcity error - Giving value because of scarcity.
    5. Law of small numbers - Small samples rated too high.
    6. False consensus effect - Everyone thinks they're in the majority.
    7. Falsification of history - False memories re-construct the past.
    8. In-group, out-group bias - Self-identity from being included or excluded.
4. FALSE COMPARISON - Deluded - Misinterprets behavior. - NOT how much it helps.
    1. Contrast effect - False comparison to a contrived measure.
    2. Cognitive dissonance - Unavailable=undesirable, and vice versa.
    3. Primacy and recency effects - First and last count most! (Consider everything.)
5. EMOTIONAL REASONING - Ignorant - Considers only effects. - NOT what is helped.
    1. Survivorship bias - Over-estimate possibility of success.
    2. Control illusion - Personally valuing impersonal coincidences.
    3. Neglect of probability - Rating possibility over probability.
    4. Forecast illusion - Ignoring the random walk.
    5. Action bias - "Do something, even if it's wrong."
    6. Simple logic - Ignoring important parameters.
    7. Inability to close doors - Keeping all options, real or not.
    8. Zeigarnik effect - No action or a detailed plan of action is burdensome.
6. BLIND ACCEPTANCE - Naive - Considers only causes. - NOT realize what helps.
    1. The anchor - Recent experience affects actions disproportionately.
    2. Alternative paths - Ignoring the 'tree to leaf' example.
    3. Ambiguity aversion - Equating risk to uncertainty.
    4. Default effect - Avoiding choice.
    5. House money effect - Money source affects actions.
    6. Strategic misrepresentation - Lies sometimes necessary.
7. FALSE RELATIONSHIP - Complies - Related to wrong behavior. - NOT relate to help.
    1. Reciprocity - Return favor, which might be retaliation.
    2. Liking bias - Coincidence valued over understanding.
    3. Groupthink - Go along with crowd or 'strong' (mentally ill) leader.
    4. Contagion bias - Tainted by association.
    5. Fear of regret - Passive didn't, or passive did.
    6. Will Rogers phenomenon - Manipulating numbers to look good.
8. PRE-CONCEPTION - Opinionated - Rigid ideas limit learning. - NOT learn how to help.
    1. Authority bias - Giving authority too much credit.
    2. Framing - Consider the setting and the source.
    3. Expectations - Expectations can be push or pull, up or down.
    4. Alternative blindness - Ignoring alternatives.
    5. Illusion of attention - Focus limits awareness of unexpected events.
9. FALSE CONSTRUCTION - Dishonest - Weak cause and effect. - NOT submit to help.
    1. Social loafing - Dilution of responsibility.
    2. Omission bias - Passive results are more acceptable than active results.
    3. Sleeper effect - Source forgotten before message.
10.INVALID CONJUGATION - Obsessive - Connects to wrong stimuli. - NOT connect with the idea.
    1. Coincidence - Valuing circumstance over probability.
    2. Conjunction fallacy - Invalid conjunctions.
    3. Affect heuristic - Mental shortcuts are instinctual.
    4. Social comparison bias - Kill potential rivals.
    5. Deformation professionale - A hammer only sees nails.
11.FALSE CREDIT - Deception - Credits wrong behavior. - NOT behavior enables.
    1. Hindsight bias - Rationalization.
    2. Introspection illusion - Own beliefs are superior.
    3. Domain dependence - Terms don't translate: context matters.
    4. Illusion of skill - Skill, talent, and luck not credited properly.
    5. Intention-to-treat error - Manipulated , non-inclusive behavior.
12.JUMP TO CONCLUSION - Disconnect - Discredits relationships. - NOT value is specific.
    1. Exponential growth - Rate misunderstod and effects under-estimated.
    2. Hyperbolic discounting - Values proximity and ownership.
    3. The Black Swan - Unexpected events assumed rational.
13.FALSE CAUSE - Irrational - Perceives the wrong cause. - NOT specific help.
    1. Availability bias - Using a familiar method or reference.
    2. Endowment effect - Ownership over-valued.
    3. Fundamental attribution error - Simplifying or misconstruing causes.
    4. False cause - Correlation is not causality.
    5. Halo effect - A quality leads to unwarranted conclusions.
    6. 'Because' justification - "Because' seems to be a reason, even when it isn't.
    7. Effort justification - Valuing the effort,not the fact itself.
    8. Salience effect - A prominent feature could be a false cause.
14.WISHFUL THINKING - Gullible - Imaginary effects. - NOT specific meaning.
    1. Twaddle tendency - "Fool walketh down the road and sayeth it."
    2. Forer effect - Select beneficial, ignore detrimental reasons.
    3. Planning fallacy - Overrate positive, underrate negative.
    4. News illusion - Treasuring the superficial.
15.FALSE IDENTIFICATION - Blind - Wrong cause and effect. - NOT arrange help.
    1. Physical illusion - Misconstrue physical presence.
    2. Outcome bias - Valuing meaningless results.
    3. Association bias - Unrelated events and consequences.
    4. Beginner's luck - Naivete is over-valued.
    5. Motivation crowding - Selecting a false motivation.
    6. Fallacy of single cause - Blind to cause, blind to effect.
16.FALSE CONTENT - Separate - Ignore real relationships. - NOT accept help.
    1. Authoritative prattle - Crediting authoritative prattle.
    2. Story bias - Creating a false context.
    3. Base rate neglect - Neglecting natural distribution--the bell curve.
    4. Gambler's fallacy - Random walk replaced by blind optimism.
    5. Averages discounted - Averages discounted or ignored.
    6. Feature-positive effect - Seeing only the positive--lack of awareness profound.
17.DENIAL - Arrogant - Denies choice. - NOT help.
    1. Sunk cost fallacy - Persisting with irretrievable losses. (Using purchased tickets).
    2. Decision fatigue - Decisions and thinking are tiring, plus other depletions.
    3. Information bias - More is not better.
    4. Neomania - New not necessarily better.
    5. Overthinking - Continued thinking when instinct was right.
    6. Cherry picking - Misrepresents reality.
18.PREJUDICE - Unconscious - Unconscious of reality. - NOT profit from choice.
    1. Chauffeur knowledge - Knowing how, not why or what.
    2. Volunteer's folly - Lacking justification.