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hard-easy effect

hard-easy effect noun: a cognitive bias comprising a tendency to overestimate the likelihood of one's success at a task perceived as difficult, and to underestimate that likelihood at a task perceived as easy.

Noun

hard-easy effect (plural hard-easy effects)

  1. A cognitive bias comprising a tendency to overestimate the likelihood of one's success at a task perceived as difficult, and to underestimate that likelihood at a task perceived as easy.

Forms of hard-easy effect

pluralhard-easy effects

Questions about hard-easy effect

What does hard-easy effect mean?
Hard-easy effect means a cognitive bias comprising a tendency to overestimate the likelihood of one's success at a task perceived as difficult, and to underestimate that likelihood at a task perceived as easy.
What part of speech is hard-easy effect?
Hard-easy effect is a noun.
What is the plural of hard-easy effect?
The plural of hard-easy effect is hard-easy effects.

Words near hard-easy effect in the dictionary

  1. hard-counters
  2. hard-cured
  3. hard-drinking
  4. hard-driving
  5. hard-earned
  6. hard-easy effect
  7. hard-easy effects
  8. hard-edge
  9. hard-edge painting
  10. hard-edge paintings
  11. hard-edged

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