Critical thinking

Which of the following best describes 'bias'?

• A type of ice cream flavor.

• Preferring one thing over another due to personal likes or beliefs.

• A fair and balanced viewpoint.

• A decision based entirely on facts and evidence.

What is an example of confirmation bias?

• Having a favorite in a race and being aware of all the competitors equally.

• Choosing your friends first when picking teams because you prefer them.

• Understanding bias and making a decision after considering all options.

• Only acknowledging information that supports the belief that your favorite team will win.

What type of bias is being demonstrated when you only remember the good performances of your favorite sports team?

• Response Bias

• Confirmation Bias

• Sampling Bias

• Selection Bias

How can biases lead to unfair judgments?

• By ensuring fairness in all decisions.

• By choosing the best option after careful consideration.

• By treating people unfairly based on assumptions.

• By making decisions based on facts.

What is a common effect of confirmation bias in relationships?

• Improving communication and understanding.

• Eliminating all forms of bias from interactions.

• Causing misunderstandings by only noticing behaviors that confirm your beliefs.

• Ensuring that friendships are always based on mutual interests.

Why is it important to understand bias?

• To make better choices by seeing the whole picture.

• To focus solely on our personal preferences.

• To ensure we only follow our own beliefs.

• To make sure we always agree with others.

What does it mean if you have a bias for chocolate ice cream?

• You prefer chocolate over other flavors because it's been your favorite for a long time.

• You dislike all other flavors of ice cream.

• You believe chocolate is objectively the best flavor for everyone.

• You have carefully considered all flavors and chosen chocolate as the best.

How can confirmation bias impact your evaluation of evidence when researching a topic?

• By ensuring a balanced view on the topic.

• By changing your opinion to match the evidence.

• By ignoring evidence that contradicts your beliefs.

• By considering all evidence equally.

What is a bias you might have when choosing a sports team to support?

• Selecting a team after analyzing all teams' performances.

• Picking a team randomly.

• Choosing the team your family supports.

• Picking a team based on their win-loss record.

Why might you prefer to be friends with someone who likes the same video games as you?

• Because it's the only way to make friends.

• Because it ensures you will never disagree.

• Because it's a requirement for friendship.

• Because you have a bias for people who share your interests.