Interpersonal Perception and Cognitive Biases Quiz

Test your knowledge on social cognition with questions about biases in perception and judgment. Explore how we interpret and understand others.

#1

Which cognitive bias refers to the tendency to attribute our successes to internal factors and failures to external factors?

Confirmation bias
Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
Halo effect
#2

What is the term for the tendency to judge others based on one characteristic or impression?

Confirmation bias
Stereotyping
Halo effect
Projection
#3

Which cognitive bias leads individuals to overestimate the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory?

Anchoring bias
Availability heuristic
Representativeness heuristic
Sunk cost fallacy
#4

Which term describes the tendency to seek out and favor information that confirms our existing beliefs or hypotheses?

Confirmation bias
Hindsight bias
Belief perseverance
Anchoring bias
#5

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

Confirmation bias
Anchoring bias
Representativeness heuristic
Availability heuristic
#6

What is the term for the tendency to attribute others' actions to internal characteristics while overlooking situational factors?

Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
Halo effect
False consensus effect
#7

Which cognitive bias leads individuals to underestimate the time, costs, and risks of a decision because they've already invested resources into it?

Anchoring bias
Sunk cost fallacy
Confirmation bias
Availability heuristic
#8

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

Confirmation bias
Anchoring bias
Representativeness heuristic
Availability heuristic
#9

What is the term for the tendency to judge the probability of an event based on how easily it can be recalled from memory?

Hindsight bias
Availability heuristic
Fundamental attribution error
Stereotyping
#10

Which cognitive bias refers to the tendency to continue with a course of action even when it's no longer rational, simply because of previously invested resources?

Anchoring bias
Sunk cost fallacy
Confirmation bias
Hindsight bias
#11

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to believe that others share our beliefs and behaviors more than they actually do?

False consensus effect
Hindsight bias
Projection
In-group bias
#12

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

Confirmation bias
Anchoring bias
Representativeness heuristic
Availability heuristic
#13

Which cognitive bias leads individuals to view past events as having been more predictable than they actually were at the time?

Sunk cost fallacy
Hindsight bias
Confirmation bias
Availability heuristic
#14

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to perceive ambiguous stimuli in a way that confirms one's existing beliefs or hypotheses?

Confirmation bias
Hindsight bias
Representativeness heuristic
Projection
#15

What is the term for the tendency to attribute others' behaviors to internal factors while ignoring situational influences?

Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
Halo effect
False consensus effect
#16

Which cognitive bias leads individuals to make decisions based on information that is readily available to them?

Anchoring bias
Sunk cost fallacy
Availability heuristic
Confirmation bias
#17

What cognitive bias refers to the tendency to believe that people who are similar to us think and act like us?

Fundamental attribution error
False consensus effect
In-group bias
Projection
#18

What is the term for the tendency to believe we are less biased than others?

Illusory superiority
Bias blind spot
Hindsight bias
False consensus effect
#19

Which cognitive bias involves the overestimation of the likelihood and speed of favorable events and underestimation of unfavorable events?

Optimism bias
Confirmation bias
Hindsight bias
Availability heuristic
#20

What is the term for the tendency to perceive one's own group as superior to others and to view outsiders with hostility or contempt?

Fundamental attribution error
In-group bias
False consensus effect
Projection
#21

Which cognitive bias involves overestimating one's own abilities and prospects while underestimating the likelihood of negative outcomes?

Illusory superiority
Bias blind spot
Optimism bias
False consensus effect
#22

What is the term for the tendency to perceive oneself in an overly favorable manner?

Bias blind spot
Illusory superiority
Optimism bias
False consensus effect
#23

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

Control bias
Illusion of control
Fundamental attribution error
Projection
#24

What is the term for the tendency to perceive oneself as better than average in various domains?

Bias blind spot
Illusory superiority
Optimism bias
False consensus effect
#25

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to underestimate the role of chance and random factors in events?

Control bias
Illusion of control
Hindsight bias
Projection

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