Cognitive Biases Quiz

What does the Anchoring bias refer to?

• The tendency to favor information that confirms existing beliefs

• The act of judging others based on their character but oneself on the situation

• The influence of the first thing you judge on your subsequent judgments

• The practice of seeing the past as better than it was

What is Confirmation Bias?

• The tendency to favor things that confirm existing beliefs

• The tendency to underestimate one's abilities

• The tendency to judge others on their character but oneself on the situation

• The tendency to believe things are getting worse

What is the Backfire Effect?

• The tendency to believe in vague statements

• The tendency to favor those who are like us

• The tendency to believe even more strongly when core beliefs are challenged

• The tendency to be over-confident when you only have a simple idea of things

What does the Declinism bias suggest?

• People believe the past was worse than it was

• People believe the future will be better than it is likely to be

• People believe the past was better than it was

• People believe the future will be worse than it is likely to be

What is the Just World Hypothesis?

• The belief that people always get what they deserve

• The belief that bad things happen to good people

• The belief that good things happen to bad people

• The belief that the world is a random place

What is the Sunk Cost Fallacy?

• The tendency to continue investing in something because you have already invested a lot into it

• The tendency to believe that we are always right

• The tendency to favor our in-group

• The tendency to believe vague statements

What does the Dunning-Kruger Effect describe?

• The tendency to judge others on their character

• The tendency for experts to underestimate their level of knowledge...and for non-experts to overestimate their level of knowledge

• The tendency to be unduly influenced by context and delivery

• The tendency to unfairly favor those who belong to your group

What is the Barnum Effect?

• The tendency to believe that the world is just

• The tendency to believe that we are being manipulated

• The tendency to believe in vague statements that seem personal

• The tendency to favor those who belong to our group

What is the Framing Effect?

• The tendency to judge others based on the situation

• The tendency to be influenced by the way information is presented

• The tendency to believe that things are getting worse

• The tendency to continue investing in a losing proposition

What is In-Group Bias?

• The tendency to favor things that confirm our existing beliefs

• The tendency to favor those who are like us

• The tendency to believe that we are always right

• The tendency to believe in vague statements