hard-easy effect

noun

A cognitive bias comprising a tendency to overestimate the likelihood of one's success at a task perceived as difficult, and to underestimate that likelihood at a task perceived as easy.

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Meanings

nounhard-easy effect (plural hard-easy effects)

plural hard-easy effects

  1. A cognitive bias comprising a tendency to overestimate the likelihood of one's success at a task perceived as difficult, and to underestimate that likelihood at a task perceived as easy.

Translations

Finnish helppo–vaikea-harha
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German Hard-Easy-Effekt
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Chicago

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