streetlight effect
streetlight effect · streetlight effects
A kind of observational bias whereby people only search for something where it is…A kind of observational bias whereby people only search for something where it is easiest to look.
Meaning
1 sensesA kind of observational bias whereby people only search for something where it is easiest to look.
Origin
An allusion to an old joke in which a drunkard searches for his keys (lost elsewhere) undeAn allusion to an old joke in which a drunkard searches for his keys (lost elsewhere) under a streetlight because that is where the light is.
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plural: streetlight effects| Singular | streetlight effect |
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