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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,546 posts)
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 02:19 PM Feb 2022

Jumping to Conclusions: When People Decide Based on Insufficient Information

Jumping to conclusions is a phenomenon where people reach a conclusion prematurely, on the basis of insufficient information. For example, a person jumping to conclusions might assume that someone they just met is angry at them, simply because that person wasn’t smiling at them while they talked, even though there are many alternative explanations for that behavior.

People jump to conclusions in many cases, and doing so can lead to a variety of issues. As such, in the following article you will learn more about the concept of jumping to conclusions, and see how you can avoid doing it yourself, as well as how you can deal with people who do it.

https://effectiviology.com/jumping-to-conclusions/

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