Cognitive Biases
Psychology ⇒ Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Biases starts at 12 and continues till grade 12.
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Define the term 'optimism bias'.
Describe how the overconfidence bias can impact decision-making.
Describe the concept of 'egocentric bias'.
Describe the difference between the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic.
A person believes that because they have experienced several bad events in a row, a good event is 'due' to happen. This is an example of which bias? (1) Gambler's fallacy, (2) Confirmation bias, (3) Anchoring bias, (4) Status quo bias
A person believes that because they have not been caught speeding before, they are less likely to be caught in the future. This is an example of which bias? (1) Optimism bias, (2) Anchoring bias, (3) Availability heuristic, (4) Status quo bias
A person continues to invest in a failing project because they have already invested a lot of time and money. This is an example of which bias? (1) Sunk cost fallacy, (2) Confirmation bias, (3) Hindsight bias, (4) Self-serving bias
A person is more likely to believe a story that is repeated often, regardless of its truth. This is an example of which bias? (1) Mere exposure effect, (2) Anchoring bias, (3) False consensus effect, (4) Optimism bias
A person believes that because they have experienced several bad events in a row, a good event is 'due' to happen. This is an example of which bias? (1) Gambler's fallacy, (2) Confirmation bias, (3) Anchoring bias, (4) Status quo bias
A person believes that because they have not been caught speeding before, they are less likely to be caught in the future. This is an example of which bias? (1) Optimism bias, (2) Anchoring bias, (3) Availability heuristic, (4) Status quo bias
A person continues to invest in a failing project because they have already invested a lot of time and money. This is an example of which bias? (1) Sunk cost fallacy, (2) Confirmation bias, (3) Hindsight bias, (4) Self-serving bias
A person is more likely to believe a story that is repeated often, regardless of its truth. This is an example of which bias? (1) Mere exposure effect, (2) Anchoring bias, (3) False consensus effect, (4) Optimism bias
The tendency to attribute one's successes to internal factors and failures to external factors is called the __________ bias.
The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it is known as __________ bias.
The tendency to focus on information that supports our preconceptions and ignore information that contradicts them is called __________ bias.
The tendency to judge past decisions as having been more predictable than they actually were is known as __________ bias.
True or False: The actor-observer bias is the tendency to attribute our own actions to external causes and others' actions to internal causes.
True or False: The anchoring bias refers to the tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information encountered when making decisions.
True or False: The bandwagon effect is when people do something primarily because others are doing it.
True or False: The Dunning-Kruger effect is when people with low ability at a task overestimate their ability.
