# Cognitive bias and fallacies list - fear-specific

## Fear of Missing Out

Action bias - we tend to act even when we shouldn't

Fresh start effect - we take action if we feel there's something new to it

Novelty appeal - we prefer things we think are new

Proudly found elsewhere (PFE) syndrome - we prefer using things from outside groups

Recency illusion - we believe a [word](language.md) is newer because we notice it, even when it's been around for a long time

Zeigarnik effect/unit bias - we remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks more than completed ones

## Fear of Novelty

Conservatism/regression bias - we tend to overvalue prior experience and undervalue new information

Default bias - we don't change established behaviors

Extinction burst - we push against changing our [habits](habits.md), even when we know better

Familiarity bias/mere-exposure effect/status quo bias - we prefer familiar experiences

Functional fixedness - we limit an object's use to how it's been traditionally used

Mere exposure effect/familiarity principle - we don't like things when we're familiar with them

Negativity bias/negativity effect - we remember negative things more than neutral or positive things

Omission bias - we believe doing nothing is better than doing the wrong thing

Semmelweis reflex/Semmelweis effect - we reject new things because they contradict something already established

Status quo bias/tradition appeal - we prefer things the way they have been