The Inner Ideas reveal the intellectual architecture beneath each Big Idea
Inquiry biases
By the end of this unit, Mindgleians will be able to recognise how internal thinking traps, reasoning fallacies and external influences—including sources, social groups, algorithms and AI—can distort every stage of inquiry; trace their influence on what they notice, question, search, believe and conclude; and consciously counter them through assumption checks, credible evidence, diverse perspectives, alternative explanations and reflective judgement so that their knowledge claims align more closely with reality.
Availability Bias
Confirmation Bias
Cherry-Picking
Filter Bubble
Echo Chamber
Anchoring Bias
Framing Bias
Authority Bias
Ad Hominem Bias
Halo Effect
Emotional Reasoning
Stereotyping
Overgeneralisation
False Dilemma (Black-and-White Thinking)
Assumption Bias
Baader–Meinhof Phenomenon (Frequency Illusion)
Personalisation
Catastrophizing
Jumping to Conclusions
Hasty Generalisation
Bandwagon Bias
False Cause (Post Hoc Fallacy)
Survivorship Bias
Negativity Bias
Optimism Bias
Fallacy of Change
Dunning–Kruger Effect
Curse of Knowledge
Fundamental Attribution Error
Loss Aversion
Endowment Effect
Sunk Cost Fallacy
Social Comparison Bias
Psychological Reactance
Groupthink
Status Quo Bias
Belief Perseverance
Cognitive Dissonance
Naïve Realism
Egocentric Bias
Source credibility bias
Algorithmic bias
AI automation bias
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