Cognitive biases
Predictable patterns in how the mind distorts judgment — useful to name, hard to avoid.
Confirmation Bias
The tendency to notice, remember, and trust evidence that supports what you already believe.
Dunning-Kruger Effect
A pattern where people with limited competence in a domain tend to overestimate their ability in that domain.
Sunk Cost Fallacy
Continuing a course of action because of what has already been spent on it, rather than what it still offers.