Patternv1PT-017
Premature-judgment-distorts-perception pattern
the structural tendency for early evaluation to replace incoming data with expectation-confirming interpretations, because the brain's predictive processing fills gaps with prior beliefs when judgment is activated before observation completes
Why This Is a Pattern
Exemplifies Cognitive Dissonance Drives Information Avoidance (calibration) and Automatic Pattern Perception (predictive processing). Recurs in hiring, diagnosis, first impressions, confirmation bias.