Inconsistency-avoidance tendency

What it is

Munger's term for the mind's reluctance to change, which keeps old conclusions, habits and identities in place even when they should change.

Related

• Cognitive dissonance bias
  Munger's inconsistency-avoidance tendency is the same pressure to keep beliefs and actions consistent.
• Commitment and consistency bias
  Cialdini's commitment and consistency and Munger's inconsistency avoidance describe the same pull toward staying consistent.
• Status quo bias bias
  Resistance to change in the mind produces preference for the status quo.
• Doubt-avoidance tendency bias
  Once doubt has been resolved, we resist reopening it.

Appears in

• Munger's 25 standard causes of human misjudgment#5: Inconsistency-avoidance tendency

References

• Wikipedia: Inconsistency-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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