kallellisuus
Kallellisuus is a term that describes a specific type of cognitive bias. It refers to the tendency for individuals to overestimate the likelihood of a particular event occurring, especially when that event is vivid, easily recalled, or has been recently experienced. This bias is closely related to the availability heuristic, which is the mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a given person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, idea or decision. When an event is particularly memorable, perhaps due to its emotional impact or media coverage, people may perceive it as more common than it actually is.
For example, after seeing numerous news reports about plane crashes, an individual might develop a heightened