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Concepts/Effects

More like an observed pattern than a rule

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  • Dunning-Kruger effect
    • Self-perceived performance is overestimated for people with limited competence
  • Impostor syndrome
    • Persistent internalized fear of being exposed as frauds, doubting own skills and talent
  • Law of triviality (bike shedding)
    • Disproportionate effort on trivial issues because that's what people feel comfortable commenting on
  • Perverse incentive (cobra effect)
    • Incentive that causes unintended and undesirable result that is contrary to the intention of the incentive
  • Gaslighting
    • Manipulating someone into questioning their own perception of reality, i.e. brainwash
  • Streisand effect
    • Attempt to hide, remove or censor information would increase the awareness of the issue
  • Law of instrument (Maslow's hammer)
    • Over-reliance on a familiar tool. If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
  • Yak Shaving
    • A process of performing a series of task, one nested in another, each of which seems necessary in context, but deviating further away from the original goal
  • IKEA effect
    • A disproportionately high value on DIY products
  • Catfish effect
    • Introducing strong competitor has in causing the weak to better themselves
  • Bouba/kiki effect (HN)
    • Cross-cultural association of certain speech sounds to certain visual shapes