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WorksheetsCognitive Biases
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
The first thing you judge influences your judgment of all that follows.
anchoring
sunk cost
the barnum effect
curse of knowledge
You irrationally cling to things that have already cost you something.
anchoring
sunk cost
groupthink
belief bias
Your judgments are influenced by what springs most easily to mind.
anchoring
sunk cost
availability heuristic
negativity bias
Once you understand something you presume it to be obvious to everyone.
sunk cost
confirmation bias
anchoring
the curse of knowledge
You favor things that confirm your existing beliefs.
confirmation bias
fundamental attribution error
availability heuristic
the barnum effect
The more you know, the less confident you're likely to be.
the dunning-kruger effect
confirmation bias
negativity bias
pessimism bias
If a conclusion supports your existing beliefs, you'll rationalize anything that supports it.
belief bias
in-group bias
declinism
the placebo efffect
You believe your failures are due to external factors, yet you're responsible for your successes.
self-serving bias
reactance
the bystander effect
the backfire effect
When some aspect of your core beliefs is challenged, it can cause you to believe even more strongly.
the backfire effect
optimism bias
sunk cost fallacy
pessimism bias
You see personal specifics in vague statements by filling in the gaps.
the barnum effect
the backfire effect
the just world hypothesis
self-serving bias
You let the social dynamics of a group situation override the best outcomes.
groupthink
spotlight effect
dunning-kruger effect
framing effect
You allow negative things to disproportionately influence your thinking.
negativity bias
belief bias
framing effect
self-serving bias
You remember the past as better than it was, and expect the future to be worse than it will likely be.
declinism
spotlight effect
pessimism bias
dunning-kruger effect
You allow yourself to be unduly influenced by context and delivery.
the framing effect
the just world hypothesis
sunk cost fallacy
optimism bias
You judge others on their character, but yourself on the situation.
fundamental attribution error
the backfire effect
the bystander effect
reactance
How much you like someone, or how attractive they are, influences your other judgments of them.
the halo effect
declinism
in-group bias
negativity bias
You overestimate the likelihood of positive outcomes.
optimism bias
anchoring
groupthink
curse of knowledge
You overestimate the likelihood of negative outcomes.
pessimism bias
the barnum effect
availability heuristic
confirmation bias
Your preference for justice makes you presume it exists.
just world hypothesis
fundamental attribution error
availability hueristic
the barnum effect
You unfairly favor those who belong to your group.
in-group bias
curse of knowledge
pessimism bias
spotlight effect
If you believe you're taking medicine it can sometimes 'work' even if it's fake.
placebo effect
duning-kruger effect
framing effect
sunk cost fallacy
You presume someone else is going to do something in an emergency situation.
the bystander effect
optimism bias
the backfire effect
reactance
You'd rather do the opposite of what someone is trying to make you do.
reactance
the placebo effect
declinism
in-group bias
You overestimate how much people notice how you look and act.
spotlight effect
in-group bias
anchoring
declinism
