Question

A product designer is designing a new game. The game automatically assigns avatars to the players based upon a demographic/personality survey they take when they sign up, so that their avatar can be more like the real person. The designer had always wanted their characters to be as much like the real them as possible and thought it would be a great feature to have this automatically happen. Going to the online discussion board about the game, they discover that the players really hate this. In 3-5 sentences, explain what type of bias the designer may be displaying and why.
short no points and at a 6th grade level

Answer 1

The designer is showing projection bias (also called the false consensus effect). They assumed everyone would want avatars just like them without asking other people. Because they used their own preference as the default, players felt the game did not respect their choices or privacy.