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Cognitive Biases and Persuasion Quiz

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Which cognitive bias involves giving greater importance to the first information received when making decisions?

Anchoring bias

Explanation

Over-reliance on initial information in decision-making.

What is the term for the cognitive bias where individuals favor information that confirms their preexisting beliefs or hypotheses?

Confirmation bias

Explanation

Preferring information that supports existing beliefs.

Which cognitive bias is characterized by the tendency to rely heavily on the most recent information when making decisions?

Recency bias

Explanation

Giving excessive weight to recent information in decision-making.

What is the cognitive bias in which people overestimate the importance of information that is readily available to them?

Availability heuristic

Explanation

Overvaluing easily accessible information.

What is the cognitive bias where people tend to overestimate their ability to control events, particularly in situations with high uncertainty?

Overconfidence bias

Explanation

Excessive confidence in one's control over outcomes.

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to believe that if something happens frequently, it must be more important or have more significance?

Frequency illusion

Explanation

Believing frequent events are more significant.

What is the cognitive bias where people attribute others' actions to their character or personality rather than considering external factors?

Fundamental attribution error

Explanation

Attributing behavior to inherent traits over situational factors.

Which cognitive bias occurs when people assess the likelihood of an event based on how easily they can recall similar instances?

Availability heuristic

Explanation

Assessing probabilities based on ease of recall.

Which cognitive bias occurs when people believe, after an event has occurred, that they knew it would happen or that they knew the outcome all along?

Hindsight bias

Explanation

Believing past events were more predictable than they were.

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What is the cognitive bias where individuals attribute their successes to internal factors and their failures to external factors?

Self-serving bias

Explanation

Attributing success internally and failure externally.

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What is the cognitive bias where individuals believe they have more control over outcomes than they actually do?

Illusion of control

Explanation

Believing one has more influence over outcomes than is true.

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Which cognitive bias is the tendency to overestimate one's knowledge or ability in a particular subject area?

Overconfidence bias

Explanation

Overestimating one's expertise or understanding in a domain.

Cognitive Biases and Persuasion Quiz

Which cognitive bias involves giving greater importance to the first information received when making decisions?

What is the term for the cognitive bias where individuals favor information that confirms their preexisting beliefs or hypotheses?

Which cognitive bias is characterized by the tendency to rely heavily on the most recent information when making decisions?

What is the cognitive bias in which people overestimate the importance of information that is readily available to them?

What is the cognitive bias where people tend to overestimate their ability to control events, particularly in situations with high uncertainty?

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to believe that if something happens frequently, it must be more important or have more significance?

What is the cognitive bias where people attribute others' actions to their character or personality rather than considering external factors?

Which cognitive bias occurs when people assess the likelihood of an event based on how easily they can recall similar instances?

Which cognitive bias occurs when people believe, after an event has occurred, that they knew it would happen or that they knew the outcome all along?

What is the cognitive bias where individuals attribute their successes to internal factors and their failures to external factors?

What is the cognitive bias where individuals believe they have more control over outcomes than they actually do?

Which cognitive bias is the tendency to overestimate one's knowledge or ability in a particular subject area?

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