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> which is a terrible name I'm hoping someone can improve on

It seems to be very similar to Baader-Meinhoff. I guess it’s called “frequency illusion” now, which is much more descriptive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

>>lcnPyl+(OP)
That's about frequency per se, whereas I'm talking about experiences with negative emotional valence.

Thanks for the reply though—I hope someday someone will come up with a good name for it; or better, still, point out that it's a known bias in the standard repertoire and tell me what it's called.