hard-easy effects

A form of hard-easy effect — 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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noun
  1. pluralplural of hard-easy effect
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