Moral, Political, and Workplace Biases
These biases affect ethical judgment, conflict, hiring, evaluation, politics, and organizational life.
01
Moral luck bias
Judging morality by outcomes partly shaped by luck.
02
Moral licensing
Using past good behavior to excuse later poor behavior.
03
Moral outrage bias
Letting outrage become its own reward.
04
Purity bias
Judging by feelings of contamination or disgust.
05
Partisan bias
Evaluating facts differently by political side.
06
Ideological bias
Filtering evidence through a worldview.
07
My-side bias
Favoring arguments that support your side.
08
Identity-protective cognition
Rejecting facts that threaten group identity.
09
Reactive devaluation
Devaluing proposals because they come from an opponent.
10
System justification
Defending current systems because they are familiar.
11
Status quo bias
Preferring existing arrangements.
12
Just-world bias
Assuming outcomes are deserved.
13
Zero-sum bias
Assuming one group's gain must mean another's loss.
14
Outrage bias
Rewarding content or claims that provoke anger.
15
Affinity bias
Favoring people you feel comfortable with.
16
Similarity bias
Favoring people who resemble you.
17
Likeability bias
Letting warmth or charm outweigh relevant criteria.
18
Beauty bias
Attributing positive qualities to attractive people.
19
Age bias
Judging ability by age stereotypes.
20
Gender bias
Judging through gendered expectations.
21
Race bias
Judging through racial assumptions or unequal standards.
22
Name bias
Inferring identity or ability from a name.
23
Confirmation bias in hiring
Looking for evidence that confirms an early impression of a candidate.
24
Contrast bias in evaluation
Rating someone relative to the previous person instead of the standard.
25
Recency bias in performance reviews
Overweighting recent work in long-term evaluation.
26
Leniency bias
Rating too generously.
27
Severity bias
Rating too harshly.
28
Central tendency bias
Avoiding high or low ratings by clustering everyone in the middle.
29
Halo effect
Letting one strength lift the whole evaluation.
30
Horn effect
Letting one flaw lower the whole evaluation.
31
Attribution bias
Misreading causes of behavior or performance.
32
Proximity bias
Favoring people who are physically or visibly closer.
33
Authority bias
Overweighting the view of a senior person.