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Focusing illusion

The focusing illusion is a cognitive bias where individuals overestimate the impact of a specific factor on their overall happiness. This leads people to believe that changes such as a promotion, an increase in income, or moving to a more desirable location will significantly improve their well-being. However, this bias causes them to neglect the…

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Affective forecasting
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Cognitive biasDaniel KahnemanLife satisfaction
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Focusing illusion

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Triples19
Avg. degree1.71
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Focusing illusion → For, Gilbert, In, Kahneman, Moreover, One, Several, Their, Wilson
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Focusing illusion → By, Robson, Samuelson, The, They
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Focusing illusion → affective forecasting errors, cognitive bias where individuals overestimate the impact of a specific factor on their overall happiness

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individuals happiness focusing illusion people life future overestimate impact income bias emotional events increase improve well-being kahneman overestimated evidence studies

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Focusing illusionis acognitive bias where individuals overestimate the impact of a specific factor on their overall happiness0.90text
Focusing illusionis aaffective forecasting errors0.90text
a promotioninstance ofThis leads people to believe that changes0.80text
an increase in incomeinstance ofThis leads people to believe that changes0.80text
or moving to a more desirable location will significantly improve their well-beinginstance ofThis leads people to believe that changes0.80text
Focusing illusionrelated to EvidenceSeveral0.60section
Focusing illusionrelated to EvidenceOne0.60section
Focusing illusionrelated to EvidenceWilson0.60section
Focusing illusionrelated to EvidenceGilbert0.60section
Focusing illusionrelated to EvidenceFor0.60section
Focusing illusionrelated to EvidenceIn0.60section
Focusing illusionrelated to EvidenceKahneman0.60section

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