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Cognitive Biases in Social Perception Quiz

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Which cognitive bias involves making judgments about a person based on superficial characteristics?

Halo effect

Explanation

Judging someone based on one positive trait.

Which cognitive bias involves attributing success to internal factors and attributing failure to external factors?

Self-serving bias

Explanation

Taking credit for success and blaming external factors for failure.

Which cognitive bias involves overestimating the likelihood of events that are easily recalled from memory?

Availability heuristic

Explanation

Overestimating probability based on how easily examples come to mind.

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to seek out or interpret information in a way that supports one's existing beliefs or hypotheses?

Confirmation bias

Explanation

Searching for or interpreting data to confirm existing beliefs.

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to overestimate one's ability to predict future events?

Overconfidence bias

Explanation

Being too sure about one's future predictions.

What is the term for the tendency to overestimate the influence of internal factors and underestimate the influence of external factors when evaluating the behavior of others?

Fundamental attribution error

Explanation

Blaming someone's actions on their personality rather than circumstances.

Which cognitive bias involves relying on the first piece of information encountered when making decisions?

Anchoring bias

Explanation

Fixating on initial information when making choices.

What is the term for the tendency to believe that others think and act the same way we do?

False consensus effect

Explanation

Assuming others share our opinions and behaviors.

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

Anchoring bias

Explanation

Overvaluing initial information in decision-making.

#10

What is the term for the tendency to attribute one's successes to internal factors and failures to external factors?

Self-serving bias

Explanation

Taking credit for success and avoiding blame for failure.

#11

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to believe that one's abilities, traits, or characteristics are superior to others?

Overconfidence bias

Explanation

Believing in one's abilities more than justified.

#12

Which cognitive bias occurs when individuals see their actions as less risky after an event has occurred than they did before the event?

Hindsight bias

Explanation

Believing past events were more predictable than they actually were.

#13

What is the term for the tendency to favor information that confirms preexisting beliefs or hypotheses?

Confirmation bias

Explanation

Seeking evidence that supports existing beliefs.

#14

What is the term for the tendency to judge a decision based on its outcome rather than how exactly the decision was made in the moment?

Outcome bias

Explanation

Evaluating decisions based on results rather than process.

#15

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to seek out or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses?

Confirmation bias

Explanation

Interpreting information to align with existing beliefs.

#16

What is the term for the tendency to make decisions based on how an issue is framed rather than on the merits of the issue itself?

Framing effect

Explanation

Deciding based on presentation rather than content.

#17

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to attribute one's own negative behaviors to external factors while attributing others' negative behaviors to internal factors?

Self-serving bias

Explanation

Blaming external factors for one's mistakes.

Cognitive Biases in Social Perception Quiz

Which cognitive bias involves making judgments about a person based on superficial characteristics?

Which cognitive bias involves attributing success to internal factors and attributing failure to external factors?

Which cognitive bias involves overestimating the likelihood of events that are easily recalled from memory?

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to seek out or interpret information in a way that supports one's existing beliefs or hypotheses?

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to overestimate one's ability to predict future events?

What is the term for the tendency to overestimate the influence of internal factors and underestimate the influence of external factors when evaluating the behavior of others?

Which cognitive bias involves relying on the first piece of information encountered when making decisions?

What is the term for the tendency to believe that others think and act the same way we do?

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

What is the term for the tendency to attribute one's successes to internal factors and failures to external factors?

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to believe that one's abilities, traits, or characteristics are superior to others?

Which cognitive bias occurs when individuals see their actions as less risky after an event has occurred than they did before the event?

What is the term for the tendency to favor information that confirms preexisting beliefs or hypotheses?

What is the term for the tendency to judge a decision based on its outcome rather than how exactly the decision was made in the moment?

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to seek out or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses?

What is the term for the tendency to make decisions based on how an issue is framed rather than on the merits of the issue itself?

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to attribute one's own negative behaviors to external factors while attributing others' negative behaviors to internal factors?

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