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The Psychology of Cognitive Biases
Contributed by: Hayward
  • 1. What is a cognitive bias?
A) A type of psychological disorder.
B) A cognitive skill that enhances reasoning.
C) An emotional response to stimuli.
D) A systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment.
  • 2. Which cognitive bias causes people to favor information that confirms their existing beliefs?
A) Confirmation bias.
B) Availability heuristic.
C) Overconfidence bias.
D) Anchoring bias.
  • 3. What is hindsight bias?
A) Underestimating future uncertainties.
B) Believing that an event was predictable after it has happened.
C) Overconfidence in one's initial predictions.
D) Being surprised by unpredicted outcomes.
  • 4. What is the affect heuristic?
A) Assessing risks through careful analysis.
B) Making decisions based on emotions rather than logic.
C) Calculating probabilities before acting.
D) Relying on statistical data exclusively.
  • 5. Which bias involves favoring information that is more recent?
A) Recency bias.
B) Survivorship bias.
C) Framing effect.
D) Confirmation bias.
  • 6. In which scenario does the gambler's fallacy occur?
A) Seeing patterns where none exist.
B) Relying solely on statistical evidence.
C) Believing that past random events affect future outcomes.
D) Understanding that outcomes are independent.
  • 7. What does self-serving bias lead people to do?
A) Blame others exclusively for their victories.
B) Take equal responsibility for successes and failures.
C) Minimize their own role in results.
D) Attribute successes to themselves and failures to external factors.
  • 8. What is the illusion of control?
A) The belief that one can influence outcomes that are really beyond control.
B) A clear acknowledgment of randomness in events.
C) Relying on evidence-based predictions.
D) Feeling helpless in decision-making scenarios.
  • 9. What is the planning fallacy?
A) Improving accuracy through careful planning.
B) Underestimating the time required to complete a task.
C) Overestimating costs in project planning.
D) Relying on past performance data to predict future tasks.
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