Doubt-avoidance tendency

What it is

The mind's urge to remove doubt by reaching a quick decision, especially under stress, which makes us jump to an answer rather than wait for evidence.

Related

• Ambiguity aversion bias
  Both reflect discomfort with the unknown: preferring known odds and wanting a quick answer.
• Inconsistency-avoidance tendency bias
  Once doubt has been resolved, we resist reopening it.
• Simple, pain-avoiding psychological denial bias
  Both are reactions to uncomfortable realities: denying them or seizing on a quick answer.
• Stress-influence tendency bias
  Under stress we end doubt quickly, even prematurely.

Appears in

• Munger's 25 standard causes of human misjudgment#4: Doubt-avoidance tendency

References

• Wikipedia: Doubt-avoidance tendency en.wikipedia.org
• Munger's 25 standard causes of human misjudgment fs.blog
• Wikipedia: List of cognitive biases en.wikipedia.org
• Wikipedia: Cognitive bias codex en.wikipedia.org

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