WorksheetsCognitive Biases
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 16mins
Match each cognitive bias to how it might appear in a real-world situation involving Aiden, Daniel, or Scarlett.
optimism bias - (a)
framing effect - (b)
confirmation bias - (c)
anchoring bias - (d)
availability heuristic - (e)
optimism bias
framing effect
confirmation bias
anchoring bias
availability heuristic
Aiden believes he will ace his exam even though he hasn't studied much, because he tends to overestimate positive outcomes.
Scarlett makes a different decision about buying a product depending on whether the information is presented as a gain or a loss, showing how presentation influences her choice.
Daniel only pays attention to news articles that support his opinion, ignoring those that contradict it.
Aiden bases his estimate of a car's value on the first price he hears, even if it's not accurate.
Scarlett thinks plane crashes are more common than they are because she recently saw one on the news.
Match the cognitive bias with its correct definition
declinism - (a)
self-serving bias - (b)
reactance - (c)
groupthink - (d)
bystander effect - (e)
declinism
self-serving bias
reactance
groupthink
bystander effect
Match the cognitive bias with its correct definition.
barnum effect - (a)
backfire effect - (b)
in-group bias - (c)
belief bias - (d)
dunning-kruger effect - (e)
barnum effect
backfire effect
in-group bias
belief bias
dunning-kruger effect
Match the cognitive bias with its correct definition
curse of knowledge - (a)
just world hypothesis - (b)
fundamental attribution error - (c)
placebo effect - (d)
sunk cost fallacy - (e)
curse of knowledge
just world hypothesis
fundamental attribution error
placebo effect
sunk cost fallacy
Match the cognitive bias with its correct definition
pessimism bias - (a)
negativity bias - (b)
halo effect - (c)
spotlight effect - (d)
pessimism bias
negativity bias
halo effect
spotlight effect
(a) is when a person searches for information that confirms one’s preconception while ignoring evidence that contradicts it
(a) involves a person seeking out information and emphasizing information that supports their preconceived ideas, while (b) involves outright rejecting information that disproves one's preconceived ideas
When a person evaluates themselves in an overly favorable manner they are falling victim to a (a)
Match the following
clinging to one's initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited
belief perseverance
the way an issue is posed; how an issue is framed can significantly affect decisions and judgments.
framing
People who are least skilled at a task, suffer from the most overconfidence.
Dunning-Kruger Effect
A feature of human psychology that skews belief formation.
cognitive bias
unpleasant mental experience of tension resulting from two conflicting thoughts or beliefs
cognitive dissonance
Match the following
a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
confirmation bias
an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning
intuition
judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototypes; may lead us to ignore other relevant information
representativeness heuristic
based on estimating the probability of certain events in terms of how readily they come to mind
availability heuristic
the tendency to be more confident than correct—to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments.
overconfidence
(a) is when a person searches for information that confirms one’s preconception while ignoring evidence that contradicts it
(a) involves a person seeking out information and emphasizing information that supports their preconceived ideas, while (b) involves outright rejecting information that disproves one's preconceived ideas
