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Timeline of cognitive biases

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| 1848 || || {{w|Bandwagon effect}} "The phrase "jump on the bandwagon" first appeared in American politics in 1848 when [[Dan Rice]], a famous and popular circus clown of the time, used his bandwagon and its music to gain attention for his political campaign appearances. As his campaign became more successful, other politicians strove for a seat on the bandwagon, hoping to be associated with his success. Later, during the time of [[William Jennings Bryan]]'s 1900 presidential campaign, bandwagons had become standard in campaigns,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wordwizard.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6642 |title=Bandwagon Effect |accessdate=2007-03-09}}</ref> and the phrase "jump on the bandwagon" was used as a derogatory term, implying that people were associating themselves with success without considering that with which they associated themselves."
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| 1866 || || {{w|Pareidolia}} "The German word ''pareidolie'' was used in German articles by [[w:Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum|Dr. Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum]] — for example in his 1866 paper "On Delusion of the Senses". When Kahlbaum's paper was reviewed the following year (1867) in ''The Journal of Mental Science'', Volume 13, ''pareidolie'' was translated as pareidolia: "…partial hallucination, perception of secondary images, or pareidolia.""<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=IM06AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA238&dq=%22pareidolia%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPysqt0ejUAhWe14MKHbdkCdIQ6AEIXzAJ#v=onepage&q=%22pareidolia%22&f=false ] Sibbald, M.D. "Report on the Progress of Psychological Medicine; German Psychological Literature", ''The Journal of Mental Science'', Volume 13. 1867. p. 238</ref>
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| 1876 || || {{w|Gustav Fechner}} conducts the earliest known research on the {{w|mere-exposure effect}}.
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