Publication summary
61% 71 analyzed articles/videos 50,092 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Psychology Today results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination , Appeal to Authority , and Confirmation Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 7.7% saturation with 20,808 hits . Analysis detected 173,913 faulty-reasoning hits from 271,839 analyzed words across 71 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 38% (346 of 552 publications). This Psychology Today is better (less manipulative) than 62.60% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 271,839
Article count: 71
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
37% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 37.4% percentile 1.2% BS Score71 analyzed articles271.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 2.3% 2.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 3.6% 3.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 1.9% 1.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.3% 2.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 4.6% 4.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.6% 0.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 0.8% 0.8% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Publication 4.8% 4.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 3.8% 3.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Publication 0.4% 0.4% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 10% 10% 20% 20% 30% 30% 40% 40% 50% 50% Framing Effect: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 3.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 4.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 7.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 5.2% Indoctrination: Publication 4.8%, sitewide 0.0% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% False Dilemma: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 1.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst