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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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| 1850 || || The first reference to “stereotype” appears as a noun that means “image perpetuated without change.”<ref name="Stereotypes Defined"/>
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| 1860 || || Both [[w:Weber–Fechner law|Weber's law and Fechner's law]] are published by [[w:Gustav Fechner|Gustav Theodor Fechner]] in the work ''Elemente der Psychophysik'' (''Elements of Psychophysics''). This publication is the first work ever in this field, and where Fechner coins the term {{w|psychophysics}} to describe the interdisciplinary study of how humans perceive physical magnitudes.<ref name="Fechner1">{{cite book
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