Cleaned bias descriptions (#199)

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McDaniel and Einstein argues that bizarreness intrinsically does not enhance memory in their paper
from 1986. They claim that bizarre information becomes distinctive. It is the distinctiveness that
according to them makes encoding easier.[3] Which makes common sense from an instinctual perspective
according to them makes encoding easier. Which makes common sense from an instinctual perspective
as the human brain will disregard ingesting information it already is familiar with and will be
particularly attuned to taking in new information as an adaptation technique.
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effect. There are psychological mechanisms by which backfire effects could potentially occur, but the evidence on
this topic is mixed, and backfire effects are very rare in practice. A 2020 review of the scientific literature on
backfire effects found that there have been widespread failures to replicate their existence, even under conditions
that would be theoretically favorable to observing them.[8] Due to the lack of reproducibility, as of 2020 most
that would be theoretically favorable to observing them. Due to the lack of reproducibility, as of 2020 most
researchers believe that backfire effects are either unlikely to occur on the broader population level, or they
only occur in very specific circumstances, or they do not exist. For most people, corrections and fact-checking
are very unlikely to have a negative impact, and there is no specific group of people in which backfire effects
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Other topics that are sensitive to social-desirability bias include:
- Self-reported personality traits will correlate strongly with social desirability bias[2]
- Self-reported personality traits will correlate strongly with social desirability bias
- Personal income and earnings, often inflated when low and deflated when high
- Feelings of low self-worth and/or powerlessness, often denied
- Excretory functions, often approached uncomfortably, if discussed at all
- Compliance with medicinal-dosing schedules, often inflated
- Family planning, including use of contraceptives and abortion[3][4]
- Religion, often either avoided or uncomfortably approached[5]
- Family planning, including use of contraceptives and abortion
- Religion, often either avoided or uncomfortably approached
- Patriotism, either inflated or, if denied, done so with a fear of other party's judgment
- Bigotry and intolerance, often denied, even if it exists within the responder
- Intellectual achievements, often inflated