Every Psychological Trap Explained in 7 Minutes (Part II)

Do Your Thinking Tricks Help You or Hurt You? Do you ever wonder why you make the choices you do? In this video, we explore 25 common cognitive biases, those sneaky mental shortcuts that can sometimes lead us astray. From taking credit for success but blaming others for failure (self-serving bias) to believing everyone is judging you (spotlight effect), these biases can influence our decisions, judgments, and behaviors in surprising ways. Learn to identify these biases and understand how they work so you can make more informed and rational choices in your daily life! I explain interesting topics the way I wish they had been taught in school, using gifs and memes. 1. Self-Serving Bias 2. Availability Heuristic 3. Illusory Correlation 4. Illusory Superiority 5. The Spotlight Effect 6. Cognitive Dissonance 7. The IKEA Effect 8. Dunning-Kruger Effect 9. Gambler's Fallacy 10. Mere Exposure Effect 11. Recency Bias 12. The Bystander Effect 13. Zero-Risk Bias 14. Hyperbolic Discounting 15. Omission Bias 16. Self-Handicapping 17. Belief Bias 18. Sunk Cost Fallacy 19. Misinformation Effect 20. False Consensus Effect 21. Planning Fallacy 22. Representativeness Heuristic 23. Affect Heuristic 24. Endowment Effect 25. Illusion of Asymmetric Insight