Trait Ascription Bias
The tendency to see your own traits as more variable and situational, while viewing others' traits as more fixed and consistent.
This bias occurs because we have rich context for our own behavior but limited information about others. We attribute our own actions to circumstances, but others' actions to their character. For example, if you're late, it's due to traffic; if someone else is late, they're irresponsible.
Recognising a definition is not the same skill as spotting it.
Two scenarios from the app, with distractors drawn from the same family of biases — which is what makes them hard.
After giving a shaky presentation, Anna attributes it to the awkward room layout and a difficult audience. She later sees a colleague give a shaky presentation and thinks the colleague is simply not a good speaker.
After missing a shot in a game, Mike tells himself the sun was in his eyes. When his opponent misses a shot, Mike thinks the opponent is just not a good player.
Biases rarely arrive alone.
Understand more. Assume less.
188 biases, 18,869 scenarios, and a record of how you actually decide.
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