Topic summary
63%3 analyzed articles/videos8,581 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Evolutionary Psychology results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Emotion, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 4.1% saturation with 1,403 hits. Analysis detected 13,120 faulty-reasoning hits from 34,183 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 3% (24,027 of 24,545 topics). This Evolutionary Psychology is better (less manipulative) than 97.90% of the peer group.
Evolutionary Psychology
Topic details
Total words: 34,183
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

2% percentile
02550751002.1% percentile
0.9% BS Score3 analyzed articles34.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.5%2.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.8%1.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos