📁 cognitive_biases.json

[
  {
    "name": "Anchoring Bias",
    "type": "cognitive_bias",
    "domain": "decision_influence",
    "dimension": "cognitive",
    "description": "The tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information encountered (the anchor) when making decisions.",
    "impact_on": ["judgment", "risk analysis", "calibration"],
    "mitigation": ["Introduce delay before finalizing decisions", "Compare multiple reference points"],
    "tags": ["bias", "heuristics", "anchoring"],
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "last_updated": "2025-06-04"
  },
  {
    "name": "Confirmation Bias",
    "type": "cognitive_bias",
    "domain": "information_filtering",
    "dimension": "cognitive",
    "description": "The tendency to seek, interpret, and recall information in a way that confirms existing beliefs or hypotheses.",
    "impact_on": ["data interpretation", "ethics alignment", "loop reinforcement"],
    "mitigation": ["Cross-source validation", "Introduce adversarial review mechanisms"],
    "tags": ["bias", "filtering", "confirmation"],
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "last_updated": "2025-06-04"
  },
  {
    "name": "Dunning-Kruger Effect",
    "type": "cognitive_bias",
    "domain": "meta-cognition",
    "dimension": "cognitive",
    "description": "A cognitive distortion where individuals with low ability overestimate their competence, while experts may underestimate theirs.",
    "impact_on": ["self-assessment", "confidence scoring", "training loops"],
    "mitigation": ["Introduce ability-weighted feedback loops", "Benchmark against verified skill metrics"],
    "tags": ["bias", "self-assessment", "overconfidence"],
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "last_updated": "2025-06-04"
  }
]