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law of the instrument

cognitive bias that involves an over-reliance on a familiar tool
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law of the instrument

Summary

law of the instrument is a cognitive bias[1]. It draws 537 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_bias category, ranking #14 of 95).[2]

Key Facts

  • law of the instrument's instance of is recorded as cognitive bias[3].
  • Abraham Maslow is named after law of the instrument[4].
  • Bernard Mannes Baruch is named after law of the instrument[5].
  • law of the instrument's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[6].
  • law of the instrument's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01bh1_[7].
  • law of the instrument's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778319444[8].
  • law of the instrument's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Golden_hammer[9].

Why It Matters

law of the instrument draws 537 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_bias category, ranking #14 of 95).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Abraham Maslow Bernard Mannes Baruch

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). law of the instrument. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/law-of-the-instrument
MLA “law of the instrument.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/law-of-the-instrument.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_law-of-the-instrument_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{law of the instrument}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/law-of-the-instrument}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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