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Cognitive Biases

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first thing you judge influences your judgment of all that follows.

a)

anchoring

b)

sunk cost

c)

the barnum effect

d)

curse of knowledge

2.

You irrationally cling to things that have already cost you something.

a)

anchoring

b)

sunk cost

c)

groupthink

d)

belief bias

3.

Your judgments are influenced by what springs most easily to mind.

a)

anchoring

b)

sunk cost

c)

availability heuristic

d)

negativity bias

4.

Once you understand something you presume it to be obvious to everyone.

a)

sunk cost

b)

confirmation bias

c)

anchoring

d)

the curse of knowledge

5.

You favor things that confirm your existing beliefs.

a)

confirmation bias

b)

fundamental attribution error

c)

availability heuristic

d)

the barnum effect

6.

The more you know, the less confident you're likely to be.

a)

the dunning-kruger effect

b)

confirmation bias

c)

negativity bias

d)

pessimism bias

7.

If a conclusion supports your existing beliefs, you'll rationalize anything that supports it.

a)

belief bias

b)

in-group bias

c)

declinism

d)

the placebo efffect

8.

You believe your failures are due to external factors, yet you're responsible for your successes.

a)

self-serving bias

b)

reactance

c)

the bystander effect

d)

the backfire effect

9.

When some aspect of your core beliefs is challenged, it can cause you to believe even more strongly.

a)

the backfire effect

b)

optimism bias

c)

sunk cost fallacy

d)

pessimism bias

10.

You see personal specifics in vague statements by filling in the gaps.

a)

the barnum effect

b)

the backfire effect

c)

the just world hypothesis

d)

self-serving bias

11.

You let the social dynamics of a group situation override the best outcomes.

a)

groupthink

b)

spotlight effect

c)

dunning-kruger effect

d)

framing effect

12.

You allow negative things to disproportionately influence your thinking.

a)

negativity bias

b)

belief bias

c)

framing effect

d)

self-serving bias

13.

You remember the past as better than it was, and expect the future to be worse than it will likely be.

a)

declinism

b)

spotlight effect

c)

pessimism bias

d)

dunning-kruger effect

14.

You allow yourself to be unduly influenced by context and delivery.

a)

the framing effect

b)

the just world hypothesis

c)

sunk cost fallacy

d)

optimism bias

15.

You judge others on their character, but yourself on the situation.

a)

fundamental attribution error

b)

the backfire effect

c)

the bystander effect

d)

reactance

16.

How much you like someone, or how attractive they are, influences your other judgments of them.

a)

the halo effect

b)

declinism

c)

in-group bias

d)

negativity bias

17.

You overestimate the likelihood of positive outcomes.

a)

optimism bias

b)

anchoring

c)

groupthink

d)

curse of knowledge

18.

You overestimate the likelihood of negative outcomes.

a)

pessimism bias

b)

the barnum effect

c)

availability heuristic

d)

confirmation bias

19.

Your preference for justice makes you presume it exists.

a)

just world hypothesis

b)

fundamental attribution error

c)

availability hueristic

d)

the barnum effect

20.

You unfairly favor those who belong to your group.

a)

in-group bias

b)

curse of knowledge

c)

pessimism bias

d)

spotlight effect

21.

If you believe you're taking medicine it can sometimes 'work' even if it's fake.

a)

placebo effect

b)

duning-kruger effect

c)

framing effect

d)

sunk cost fallacy

22.

You presume someone else is going to do something in an emergency situation.

a)

the bystander effect

b)

optimism bias

c)

the backfire effect

d)

reactance

23.

You'd rather do the opposite of what someone is trying to make you do.

a)

reactance

b)

the placebo effect

c)

declinism

d)

in-group bias

24.

You overestimate how much people notice how you look and act.

a)

spotlight effect

b)

in-group bias

c)

anchoring

d)

declinism