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Which cognitive bias involves giving greater importance to the first piece of information encountered?

Anchoring bias

Explanation

Overemphasizing initial data in decision-making.

What is the term for the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of events that have recently occurred?

Recency bias

Explanation

Overestimating the significance of recent events.

Which cognitive bias leads individuals to believe they know more than they actually do?

Overconfidence bias

Explanation

Overestimating one's knowledge or abilities.

What is the term for the tendency to remember recent information better than earlier information?

Recency bias

Explanation

Recalling recent events more vividly than older ones.

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to rely on initial information and ignore subsequent information?

Anchoring bias

Explanation

Giving undue weight to initial data and disregarding later information.

What is the term for the tendency to search for, interpret, focus on, and remember information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions?

Confirmation bias

Explanation

Seeking and recalling information that supports existing beliefs.

Which cognitive bias refers to the tendency to favor information that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses?

Confirmation bias

Explanation

Preferring information that supports existing beliefs.

What is the term for the tendency to rely on the first piece of information encountered when making decisions?

Anchoring bias

Explanation

Relying heavily on initial data during decision-making.

What cognitive bias leads individuals to perceive patterns where none exist?

Illusory correlation

Explanation

Perceiving false correlations between events.

#10

Which cognitive bias involves attributing success to personal qualities while attributing failure to external factors?

Self-serving bias

Explanation

Taking credit for success but blaming others for failure.

#11

What is the term for the tendency to judge others based on one's own beliefs, attitudes, and experiences?

Projection bias

Explanation

Projecting one's own traits onto others.

#12

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to focus on the most salient and emotionally striking features of a situation, rather than its most likely outcome?

Negativity bias

Explanation

Giving more weight to negative aspects of a situation.

#13

Which cognitive bias involves making decisions based on how easily similar instances can be imagined?

Availability heuristic

Explanation

Judging likelihood based on ease of recall.

#14

Which cognitive bias involves giving more weight to the opinions of others, especially in uncertain situations?

Bandwagon effect

Explanation

Following others' opinions, particularly in uncertainty.

#15

What cognitive bias refers to the tendency to believe that everyone else thinks the same way they do?

False consensus effect

Explanation

Assuming others share one's beliefs or opinions.

#16

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to attribute success to internal factors and failure to external factors?

Self-serving bias

Explanation

Taking credit for successes but blaming external factors for failures.

#17

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to believe that one's skills and abilities are above average?

Self-serving bias

Explanation

Believing one is better than average in skills or abilities.

#18

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to overestimate one's knowledge or ability relative to others?

Dunning-Kruger effect

Explanation

Overestimating one's competence compared to others.

Cognitive Biases and Social Perception Quiz

Which cognitive bias involves giving greater importance to the first piece of information encountered?

What is the term for the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of events that have recently occurred?

Which cognitive bias leads individuals to believe they know more than they actually do?

What is the term for the tendency to remember recent information better than earlier information?

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to rely on initial information and ignore subsequent information?

What is the term for the tendency to search for, interpret, focus on, and remember information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions?

Which cognitive bias refers to the tendency to favor information that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses?

What is the term for the tendency to rely on the first piece of information encountered when making decisions?

What cognitive bias leads individuals to perceive patterns where none exist?

Which cognitive bias involves attributing success to personal qualities while attributing failure to external factors?

What is the term for the tendency to judge others based on one's own beliefs, attitudes, and experiences?

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to focus on the most salient and emotionally striking features of a situation, rather than its most likely outcome?

Which cognitive bias involves making decisions based on how easily similar instances can be imagined?

Which cognitive bias involves giving more weight to the opinions of others, especially in uncertain situations?

What cognitive bias refers to the tendency to believe that everyone else thinks the same way they do?

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to attribute success to internal factors and failure to external factors?

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to believe that one's skills and abilities are above average?

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to overestimate one's knowledge or ability relative to others?

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