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Which psychological phenomenon refers to the tendency for people to believe that they are better than the average person?

Illusory superiority

Explanation

Believing one is better than the average person.

Which psychological phenomenon involves the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of rare events?

Availability heuristic

Explanation

Overestimating rare events due to their immediate availability in memory.

What psychological phenomenon describes the tendency to attribute one's successes to internal factors and failures to external factors?

Self-serving bias

Explanation

Attributing successes to internal factors and failures to external factors.

What psychological phenomenon involves the tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information encountered when making decisions?

Anchoring effect

Explanation

Over-relying on the first piece of information encountered in decision-making.

What psychological phenomenon involves the tendency for individuals to conform to the majority opinion, even if it goes against their own beliefs?

Conformity

Explanation

Conforming to the majority opinion against personal beliefs.

What term describes the psychological phenomenon where individuals experience discomfort when their thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes are inconsistent with each other?

Cognitive dissonance

Explanation

Experiencing discomfort due to inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes.

In the context of healthcare, what is the term for the psychological phenomenon where individuals understate the risks associated with their behaviors?

Optimism bias

Explanation

Understating risks associated with behaviors.

What psychological phenomenon involves individuals attributing their success to their own abilities and failures to external factors?

Self-serving bias

Explanation

Attributing success to internal factors and failures to external factors.

In the context of healthcare, what term describes a psychological phenomenon where patients experience symptoms of a disease simply because they believe they have it?

Nocebo effect

Explanation

Experiencing symptoms due to belief in having a disease, even if not present.

#10

Which psychological phenomenon refers to the tendency for individuals to attribute their own negative actions to external factors and positive actions to internal factors?

Actor-observer bias

Explanation

Attributing negative actions to external factors and positive actions to internal factors.

#11

Which psychological phenomenon involves the tendency to focus on the most salient or emotionally striking features of a situation, rather than the overall context?

Affect heuristic

Explanation

Focusing on emotionally striking features rather than the overall context.

#12

In the context of healthcare, what term describes the psychological phenomenon where individuals experience a reduction in pain or improvement in symptoms due to the belief that they have received treatment, even if the treatment is a placebo?

Placebo effect

Explanation

Experiencing improvement due to belief in receiving treatment, even if it's a placebo.

#13

In the context of healthcare, what term describes the psychological phenomenon where individuals experience worsening symptoms due to the belief that they have received harmful treatment, even if the treatment is inert?

Nocebo effect

Explanation

Experiencing worsening symptoms due to belief in harmful treatment, even if it's inert.

#14

Which psychological phenomenon refers to the tendency for individuals to attribute others' behaviors to internal traits or characteristics, while attributing their own behaviors to external factors?

Actor-observer bias

Explanation

Attributing others' behaviors to internal traits, own behaviors to external factors.

#15

Which psychological phenomenon involves individuals' tendency to focus on the most emotionally salient aspects of a situation rather than the overall context?

Affect heuristic

Explanation

Focusing on emotionally salient aspects over the overall context.

Psychological phenomena in healthcare Quiz

Which psychological phenomenon refers to the tendency for people to believe that they are better than the average person?

Which psychological phenomenon involves the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of rare events?

What psychological phenomenon describes the tendency to attribute one's successes to internal factors and failures to external factors?

What psychological phenomenon involves the tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information encountered when making decisions?

What psychological phenomenon involves the tendency for individuals to conform to the majority opinion, even if it goes against their own beliefs?

What term describes the psychological phenomenon where individuals experience discomfort when their thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes are inconsistent with each other?

In the context of healthcare, what is the term for the psychological phenomenon where individuals understate the risks associated with their behaviors?

What psychological phenomenon involves individuals attributing their success to their own abilities and failures to external factors?

In the context of healthcare, what term describes a psychological phenomenon where patients experience symptoms of a disease simply because they believe they have it?

Which psychological phenomenon refers to the tendency for individuals to attribute their own negative actions to external factors and positive actions to internal factors?

Which psychological phenomenon involves the tendency to focus on the most salient or emotionally striking features of a situation, rather than the overall context?

In the context of healthcare, what term describes the psychological phenomenon where individuals experience a reduction in pain or improvement in symptoms due to the belief that they have received treatment, even if the treatment is a placebo?

In the context of healthcare, what term describes the psychological phenomenon where individuals experience worsening symptoms due to the belief that they have received harmful treatment, even if the treatment is inert?

Which psychological phenomenon refers to the tendency for individuals to attribute others' behaviors to internal traits or characteristics, while attributing their own behaviors to external factors?

Which psychological phenomenon involves individuals' tendency to focus on the most emotionally salient aspects of a situation rather than the overall context?

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