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Framing effect

A change in judgment caused by how equivalent or closely related information is presented.

thoughtbridgeModerate evidence
IN PLAIN LANGUAGE

Wording, reference points and highlighted outcomes can alter which aspects of a choice feel important. Reframing both gains and losses makes the structure easier to inspect.

What “Moderate evidence” means

The pattern has meaningful research support, but its size or reliability depends more strongly on context, population, measurement or competing explanations.

Marker-board illustration created specifically to explain Framing effect: A change in judgment caused by how equivalent or closely related information is presented.VISUAL EXPLANATION · MARKER BOARD
A change in judgment caused by how equivalent or closely related information is presented.
EXAMPLE

A treatment described as having 90% survival can feel safer than one described as having 10% mortality.

COMMON CONFUSION

A frame can reveal a real value difference, so not every changed answer is automatically an error.

ASK YOURSELF

How would the same facts sound from the opposite reference point?

RELATED CONCEPTS
thoughtAnchoring

Insufficient adjustment of a judgment away from an initial value or reference point.

color × thought × bridgePerception

Processes through which sensory information becomes an experienced and usable representation of the world.

thoughtCognitive bias

A systematic pattern in judgment or memory that departs from a relevant standard or produces predictable error.

References

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    Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases

    Amos Tversky & Daniel Kahneman · 1974 · Science

    Classic account of representativeness, availability and anchoring in judgment under uncertainty.
    Academic source
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