Tversky, Amos

"Mood influences judgment more than we acknowledge."

"Past choices create present justifications."

"We confuse confidence with accuracy."

"The better-than-average effect affects nearly every positive trait we can name."

"Expectations shape perception as much as reality does."

"We remember successes vividly and forget failures conveniently."

"The narrative fallacy makes us construct stories to explain randomness."

"Moral judgments are largely emotional reactions dressed up as logical conclusions."

"We are better at detecting cheating than at logical reasoning in general."

"Preferences are constructed, not merely revealed, through choice."

"The illusion of understanding leads us to overestimate our knowledge of how things work."

"Attention is zero-sum; focusing on one thing means missing another."

"We are terrible at predicting how we'll feel in the future."

"The peak-end rule determines how we remember experiences."

"Negative experiences weigh more heavily than positive ones of equal magnitude."

"We see intentionality even in random events."

"The affect heuristic makes us judge risks based on feelings, not facts."

"Defaults matter far more than economists thought they would."

"Choice architecture determines outcomes more than we realize."

"We are prone to believing information simply because it's repeated."

"The illusion of delay: waiting feels longer than time invested in work."

"Overweight is given to vivid, specific information."

"We underestimate the variability of future outcomes."

"Groups amplify the biases of individuals."

"The curse of knowledge makes it hard for experts to explain things simply."

"We are reluctant to revise our beliefs even in light of contradictory evidence."

"Attribution error: we blame character for others' failures, circumstance for our own."

"The way choices are presented triggers different emotional responses."

"We remember the beginning and end of experiences disproportionately."

"Scarcity increases perceived value regardless of actual utility."