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

Self-serving bias

Explanation

Attributing success to oneself and failures to external factors.

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

Halo effect

Explanation

Judging someone holistically based on a single trait or impression.

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

Availability heuristic

Explanation

Overestimating event likelihood due to easy recall.

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

Confirmation bias

Explanation

Preferring information that validates existing 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

Over-relying on initial information for decisions.

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

Fundamental attribution error

Explanation

Attributing others' actions to internal traits, ignoring situations.

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

Sunk cost fallacy

Explanation

Continuing a course of action due to past investments, despite irrationality.

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

Representativeness heuristic

Explanation

Judging event likelihood based on resemblance to a typical case.

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

Availability heuristic

Explanation

Judging event probability based on memory ease.

#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?

Sunk cost fallacy

Explanation

Continuing due to past investments, despite irrationality.

#11

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

False consensus effect

Explanation

Believing others share our beliefs and behaviors more than reality.

#12

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 information for decisions.

#13

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

Hindsight bias

Explanation

Seeing past events as more predictable than they were.

#14

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

Confirmation bias

Explanation

Perceiving ambiguous stimuli to support existing beliefs.

#15

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

Fundamental attribution error

Explanation

Attributing others' behavior to internal traits, ignoring situations.

#16

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

Availability heuristic

Explanation

Making decisions based on easily accessible information.

#17

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

In-group bias

Explanation

Believing similar individuals share our thoughts and actions.

#18

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

Bias blind spot

Explanation

Believing one is less biased than others.

#19

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

Optimism bias

Explanation

Overestimating likelihood and speed of favorable events, underestimating unfavorable ones.

#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?

In-group bias

Explanation

Seeing one's group as superior and outsiders negatively.

#21

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

Optimism bias

Explanation

Overestimating abilities, underestimating negative outcomes.

#22

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

Illusory superiority

Explanation

Seeing oneself as better than average in various domains.

#23

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

Illusion of control

Explanation

Overestimating one's ability to control events.

#24

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

Illusory superiority

Explanation

Perceiving oneself as better than average in different areas.

#25

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

Illusion of control

Explanation

Underestimating chance's role in events, believing in control.

Interpersonal Perception and Cognitive Biases Quiz

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

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

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

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

Which cognitive bias refers to 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 others' actions to internal characteristics while overlooking situational factors?

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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