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Timeline of cognitive biases

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| 1975 || || || American psychologist {{w|Stanley Smith Stevens}} proposes that the strength of a stimulus (e.g., the brightness of a light, the severity of a crime) is encoded neurally in a way that is independent of [[w:stimulus modality|modality]]. [[w:Daniel Kahneman|Kahneman]] and Frederick would build on this idea, arguing that the target attribute and heuristic attribute could be unrelated.<ref name="revisited"/> ||
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| 1975 || Social bias || {{w|Self-serving bias}} || Miller and Ross conduct a study that is one of the earliest to assess not only {{w|self-serving bias}} but also the attributions for successes and failures within this theory.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Larson|first=James|author2=Rutger U |author3=Douglass Coll |title=Evidence for a self-serving bias in the attribution of causality|journal=Journal of Personality|volume=45|issue=3|pages=430–441|doi=10.1111/j.1467-6494.1977.tb00162.x |year=1977}}</ref> || {{w|Self-serving bias}} is the common habit of a person taking credit for positive events or outcomes, but blaming outside factors for negative events."<ref>{{cite web |title=What Is a Self-Serving Bias and What Are Some Examples of It? |url=https://www.healthline.com/health/self-serving-bias |website=healthline.com |accessdate=7 May 2020}}</ref>
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| 1976 || Behavioral bias || || {{w|Escalation of commitment}} is first described by Barry M. Staw in his paper ''Knee deep in the big muddy: A study of escalating commitment to a chosen course of action''.<ref name=Staw1976>{{cite journal|last1=Staw|first1=Barry M.|title=Knee-deep in the big muddy: a study of escalating commitment to a chosen course of action|journal=Organizational Behavior and Human Performance|date=1976|volume=16|issue=1|pages=27–44|doi=10.1016/0030-5073(76)90005-2}}</ref> || "It refers to the irrational behavior of investing additional resources in a failing project."<ref>{{cite web |title=Escalation of Commitment: Definition, Causes & Examples |url=https://bizfluent.com/13720599/escalation-of-commitment-definition-causes-examples |website=bizfluent.com |accessdate=7 May 2020}}</ref>
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