Psychological Phenomena in Information Processing Quiz

Test your knowledge of psychological phenomena in information processing with this engaging quiz. Learn about biases, shortcuts, and memory tricks.

#1

Which psychological phenomenon refers to the tendency to recall the first items in a list more easily?

Recency effect
Primacy effect
Serial position effect
Confirmation bias
#2

In psychology, what does 'cognitive dissonance' refer to?

The discomfort caused by holding conflicting beliefs or attitudes
The process of encoding information into memory
The tendency to attribute one's own actions to external factors
The inability to recall events from early childhood
#3

Which term describes the tendency to perceive meaningful images or patterns where none exist?

Pareidolia
Confirmation bias
Ambiguity effect
Representativeness heuristic
#4

What is the term for the tendency to attribute success to internal factors while attributing failure to external factors?

Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
Cognitive dissonance
Recency effect
#5

Which psychological phenomenon involves the tendency to seek, interpret, and create information that confirms preexisting beliefs?

Confirmation bias
Availability heuristic
Stereotype threat
Selective attention
#6

What is the term for the tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors and overestimate the influence of internal factors when making judgments about others' behaviors?

Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
Confirmation bias
Hindsight bias
#7

In information processing, what does the 'cocktail party effect' refer to?

The ability to focus on one conversation while filtering out others
The tendency to remember events from a party more vividly
The phenomenon of selective attention in crowded places
The influence of alcohol on memory retrieval
#8

Which term describes the mental shortcut that allows people to make judgments and solve problems efficiently?

Heuristics
Cognitive dissonance
Operant conditioning
Sensory adaptation
#9

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

Anchoring bias
Availability heuristic
Confirmation bias
Sunk cost fallacy
#10

What term describes the tendency to remember incomplete tasks better than completed ones?

Zeigarnik effect
Closure principle
Spacing effect
Chunking
#11

Which term describes the tendency to judge the probability of an event based on how easily examples come to mind?

Base rate fallacy
Representativeness heuristic
Availability heuristic
Confirmation bias
#12

Which phenomenon involves the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of events that are more readily available in memory, often due to their vividness or recent occurrence?

Availability heuristic
Anchoring bias
Sunk cost fallacy
Recency effect
#13

Which psychological phenomenon involves the interpretation of ambiguous stimuli in multiple ways?

Selective attention
Cognitive dissonance
Ambiguity effect
Pareidolia
#14

What phenomenon involves the influence of expectations on perceptions, causing them to be perceived as consistent with those expectations?

Placebo effect
Hawthorne effect
Stereotype threat
Expectancy bias

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