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Comment author: Alejandro1 20 November 2013 03:11:21PM 3 points [-]

Status quo bias -- Fear of losing one's social standing.

Recency illusion -- Belief that a word is new when it was really coined by Jane Austen.

Choice-supportive bias -- Pro-abortion bias.

Risk compensation -- Making a daring attack at Kamchatka and then fortifying.