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What are some psychological factors related to the Monty Hall problem?

Psychological factors such as cognitive and emotional biases related to the Monty Hall problem include counterfactual thinking, illusion of control, equiprobability bias, and status quo bias, which lead people to incorrectly assume that the car is equally likely to be behind either of the two remaining doors or to feel safer sticking with their first choice.