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R0043/2026-04-01/Q001/S05
Research R0043 — Sycophancy Vocabulary
Run 2026-04-01
Query Q001
Search S05

WebSearch — Cross-cutting terms: acquiescence bias, overreliance, appropriate reliance, calibrated trust

Summary

Field Value
Source/Database WebSearch (2 queries combined)
Query terms (1) "agreeableness bias" OR "acquiescence bias" OR "approval seeking" AI language model; (2) AI overreliance "calibrated trust" "appropriate reliance" terminology
Filters None
Results returned 20
Results selected 2
Results rejected 18

Selected Results

Result Title URL Rationale
S05-R01 Measuring and mitigating overreliance - arXiv https://arxiv.org/html/2509.08010v1 Oxford/Cambridge/Stanford position paper formally distinguishing overreliance, automation bias, and sycophancy
S05-R02 Acquiescence Bias in Large Language Models - arXiv https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08480 Direct investigation of acquiescence bias in LLMs

Rejected Results

Result Title URL Rationale
S05-R03 AI and Confirmation Bias - Mediate.com https://mediate.com/ai-and-confirmation-bias/ Mediation context, limited reliability
S05-R04 When Your AI Agrees With Everything - Medium https://tao-hpu.medium.com/when-your-ai-agrees-with-everything-understanding-sycophancy-bias-in-language-models-31d546bad82e Blog post; lower reliability
S05-R05 LLMs show amplified cognitive biases - PNAS https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2412015122 Moral decision-making focus; tangential
S05-R06 Social desirability bias in AI - PsyPost https://www.psypost.org/scientists-shocked-to-find-ais-social-desirability-bias-exceeds-typical-human-standards/ Science journalism; lower reliability
S05-R07 Acquiescence bias definition - Quantilope https://www.quantilope.com/resources/acquiescence-bias Survey methodology, not AI-specific
S05-R08 Acquiescence bias guide - Lensym https://lensym.com/blog/acquiescence-bias-guide Survey methodology, not AI-specific
S05-R09 Acquiescence bias - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquiescence_bias Encyclopedia; lower reliability
S05-R10 Investigating appropriate reliance - Tandfonline https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/12460125.2025.2593251 Focuses on expertise effects, not terminology
S05-R11 Trust and reliance on AI - ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563224002206 Experimental study; methodology not terminology
S05-R12 Trust and reliance on AI - ACM https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108352 Duplicate of S05-R11
S05-R13 Psychological Traits and Appropriate Reliance - Tandfonline https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10447318.2024.2348216 Psychology focus
S05-R14 Fostering Appropriate Trust - ACM https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3696449 Systematic review; trust focus
S05-R15 HASC Matrix - SAGE https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10711813251358240 New framework but narrow scope
S05-R16 Psychological Factors in AI Reliance - PMC https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12008695/ Dermatology-specific
S05-R17 Effects of Miscalibrated AI Confidence - arXiv https://arxiv.org/html/2402.07632v4 Confidence calibration, not vocabulary
S05-R18 Addressing Overreliance on AI - Springer https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-981-97-8440-0_98-1 Encyclopedia entry

Notes

This search confirmed that "overreliance" is emerging as a cross-cutting term that bridges AI safety and human factors communities. The Oxford position paper provides the clearest formal distinction between related terms.