Restraint Bias

Restraint bias is the frequently encountered tendency to overestimate one’s own abilities to show restraint in the face of temptation. This occurs, for instance, when an alcoholic attends a party because they overestimate their ability to resist alcohol.


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Related terms:

  1. Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire-Restraint Scale (DEBQ-RS)
  2. Self-Restraint—Weinberger Adjustment Inventory
  3. Normality Bias (Normalcy Bias)
  4. Experimenter Bias
  5. Hindsight Bias
  6. Information Bias
  7. Regressive Bias
  8. Sampling Bias
  9. Sexual Overperception/ Underperception Bias
  10. Cognitive Bias