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Cognitive Biases in Social Psychology Quiz

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Which cognitive bias involves favoring information that confirms one's existing beliefs or hypotheses?

Confirmation bias

Explanation

Preferring information that supports one's pre-existing beliefs.

What cognitive bias refers to the tendency to attribute one's successes to internal factors and failures to external factors?

Self-serving bias

Explanation

Attributing success to oneself and blaming external factors for failures.

Which cognitive bias involves making judgments based on the most readily available information in memory?

Availability heuristic

Explanation

Making judgments based on easily accessible information in memory.

What cognitive bias occurs when individuals overestimate their ability to predict future events accurately?

Overconfidence bias

Explanation

Overestimating one's ability to predict future events.

Which cognitive bias leads individuals to believe that others share the same beliefs or behaviors as themselves, even when evidence suggests otherwise?

False consensus effect

Explanation

Believing others share similar beliefs or behaviors.

What cognitive bias involves attributing success to personal abilities and effort while attributing failures to external factors beyond one's control?

Self-serving bias

Explanation

Attributing success to oneself and blaming external factors for failures.

Which cognitive bias refers to the tendency to focus on one trait or piece of information when making judgments about a person or situation?

Halo effect

Explanation

Focusing on a single trait when forming judgments.

What cognitive bias occurs when individuals believe that they are less likely to experience negative events compared to others?

Optimism bias

Explanation

Believing one is less likely to experience negative events than others.

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

Anchoring bias

Explanation

Over-relying on initial information when making decisions.

#10

Which cognitive bias involves placing undue importance on the first piece of information encountered and using it as a reference point for future judgments?

Anchoring bias

Explanation

Giving too much weight to the initial information when making judgments.

#11

What cognitive bias involves the tendency to believe that if something happens more frequently than usual in the past, it will happen more frequently in the future?

Gambler's fallacy

Explanation

Believing past frequency predicts future occurrences.

#12

Which cognitive bias refers to the tendency to judge the likelihood of an event based on how closely it resembles a typical case or prototype?

Representativeness heuristic

Explanation

Judging likelihood based on similarity to a prototype.

#13

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to view past events as being more predictable than they actually were at the time?

Hindsight bias

Explanation

Seeing past events as more predictable than they were.

#14

What cognitive bias occurs when individuals focus on the most salient and emotionally striking features of a situation rather than the overall context?

Framing effect

Explanation

Focusing on emotionally striking features over the overall context.

#15

What cognitive bias occurs when individuals believe they have more control over events than they actually do?

Control illusion

Explanation

Believing more control over events than actually possessed.

#16

Which cognitive bias involves attributing a person's actions to their character or disposition rather than the circumstances?

Fundamental attribution error

Explanation

Attributing actions to character rather than circumstances.

Cognitive Biases in Social Psychology Quiz

Which cognitive bias involves favoring information that confirms one's existing beliefs or hypotheses?

What cognitive bias refers to the tendency to attribute one's successes to internal factors and failures to external factors?

Which cognitive bias involves making judgments based on the most readily available information in memory?

What cognitive bias occurs when individuals overestimate their ability to predict future events accurately?

Which cognitive bias leads individuals to believe that others share the same beliefs or behaviors as themselves, even when evidence suggests otherwise?

What cognitive bias involves attributing success to personal abilities and effort while attributing failures to external factors beyond one's control?

Which cognitive bias refers to the tendency to focus on one trait or piece of information when making judgments about a person or situation?

What cognitive bias occurs when individuals believe that they are less likely to experience negative events compared to others?

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

Which cognitive bias involves placing undue importance on the first piece of information encountered and using it as a reference point for future judgments?

What cognitive bias involves the tendency to believe that if something happens more frequently than usual in the past, it will happen more frequently in the future?

Which cognitive bias refers to the tendency to judge the likelihood of an event based on how closely it resembles a typical case or prototype?

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to view past events as being more predictable than they actually were at the time?

What cognitive bias occurs when individuals focus on the most salient and emotionally striking features of a situation rather than the overall context?

What cognitive bias occurs when individuals believe they have more control over events than they actually do?

Which cognitive bias involves attributing a person's actions to their character or disposition rather than the circumstances?

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