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A default standard unit bias is a cognitive bias which occurs when an observer automatically makes assumptions about aspects of an object based on the standard size they expect it to be.

So for example when making judgements about womens weight in the absence of height information respondents appeared simply to assume that they were of average height[citation needed]

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