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Cognitive Biases in Social Attribution Quiz

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Which cognitive bias involves attributing our successes to internal factors while attributing our failures to external factors?

Self-serving Bias

Explanation

Attribute success internally, failure externally.

What is the term for the tendency to believe that we understand others' thoughts, feelings, and motives more clearly than we actually do?

Empathy Gap

Explanation

Overestimation of understanding others.

What cognitive bias occurs when individuals overestimate the extent to which their opinions or beliefs are typical of those of others?

False Consensus Effect

Explanation

Overestimation of opinion/belief typicality.

What is the cognitive bias where people judge others based on their own beliefs, attitudes, or perceptions?

Projection Bias

Explanation

Judging others based on one's own beliefs.

Which cognitive bias refers to the tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information encountered when making decisions?

Anchoring Bias

Explanation

Overreliance on initial information in decision-making.

In social attribution, which bias refers to the tendency to attribute others' behavior to dispositional factors while ignoring situational factors?

Fundamental Attribution Error

Explanation

Attributing behavior to dispositional factors, ignoring situational factors.

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to seek out information that aligns with our pre-existing beliefs and ignore contradictory evidence?

Confirmation Bias

Explanation

Preferring information confirming existing beliefs.

What is the cognitive bias where individuals perceive their knowledge or beliefs to be more widespread than they actually are?

False Consensus Effect

Explanation

Overestimating the prevalence of one's knowledge/beliefs.

What is the cognitive bias where individuals overestimate their ability to control events or outcomes?

Illusion of Control

Explanation

Overestimating control over events/outcomes.

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Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to attribute successes to internal factors and failures to external factors for oneself, but attribute the opposite for others?

Self-serving Bias

Explanation

Self-attribution of success internally, failure externally; opposite for others.

Cognitive Biases in Social Attribution Quiz

Which cognitive bias involves attributing our successes to internal factors while attributing our failures to external factors?

What is the term for the tendency to believe that we understand others' thoughts, feelings, and motives more clearly than we actually do?

What cognitive bias occurs when individuals overestimate the extent to which their opinions or beliefs are typical of those of others?

What is the cognitive bias where people judge others based on their own beliefs, attitudes, or perceptions?

Which cognitive bias refers to the tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information encountered when making decisions?

In social attribution, which bias refers to the tendency to attribute others' behavior to dispositional factors while ignoring situational factors?

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to seek out information that aligns with our pre-existing beliefs and ignore contradictory evidence?

What is the cognitive bias where individuals perceive their knowledge or beliefs to be more widespread than they actually are?

What is the cognitive bias where individuals overestimate their ability to control events or outcomes?

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to attribute successes to internal factors and failures to external factors for oneself, but attribute the opposite for others?

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