When we make snap judgments, we’re relying on a limited or distorted view of a situation while thinking we have a more complete and accurate view. Based on his research of this phenomenon, the psychologist Daniel Kahneman developed a name (and acronym) for it: “What you see is all there is,” or WYSIATI. We form a story in our heads based on what little we know, without allowing for all we do not know,8 Kahneman explains.
