"hard-easy effect" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hard-easy effects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hard-easy effect (plural hard-easy effects)
  1. A cognitive bias comprising a tendency to overestimate the likelihood of one's success at a task perceived as difficult, and to underestimate that likelihood at a task perceived as easy. Wikipedia link: hard-easy effect Categories (topical): Biases Translations (Translations): helppo–vaikea-harha (Finnish)
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Inflected forms

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