Biases

Question 1

this type of bias involves overestimating the extent to which (an aspect of) oneself is noticed by others

Answer 1

spotlight effect

Question 2

this type of bias involves overestimating the extent to which one’s own inner

Answer 2

illusion of transparency

Question 2

this type of bias involves overestimating the extent to which an intention behind an ambiguous utterance (that is clear to oneself) is clear to others

Answer 2

illusory transparency of intention

Question 2

this type of bias involves overestimating the extent to which one’s opinions, beliefs, etc., are shared

Answer 2

false consensus

Question 2

this type of bias involves being convinced that mainly others succumb to biased information processing

Answer 2

bias blind spot

Question 2

this type of bias involves perceiving media reports as biased toward the other side

Answer 2

hostile media bias

Question 3

this type of bias involves overestimating one’s performance in relation to the performance of others

Answer 3

better-than-average effect

Question 3

this type of bias involves perceiving one’s group (vs other groups) as more typical of a shared superordinate identity

Answer 3

in-group projection

Question 3

this type of bias involves attributing one’s failures externally but one’s successes internally

Answer 3

self-serving bias

Question 3

this type of bias involves external (vs internal) attribution for negative (vs positive) behaviors of in-group members, reverse pattern for out-group members

Answer 3

ultimate attribution error

Question 4

this type of bias involves giving precedence to one’s own group (not preference)

Answer 4

ethnocentric bias

Question 5

this type of bias involves seeing one’s own group in a more favorable light than other groups (e.g., morally superior, less responsible for harm)

Answer 5

in-group bias/partisan bias

Question 6

this type of bias involves using more abstract (vs concrete) words when describing positive (vs negative) behavior of in-group members and the reverse pattern for out-group members

Answer 6

linguistic intergroup bias

Question 7

this type of bias involves criticisms that are evaluated less defensively when made by an in-group (vs out-group) member

Answer 7

intergroup sensitivity effect

Question 8

this type of bias involves a preference for dispositional (vs situational) attribution with regard to others

Answer 8

fundamental attribution error/correspondence bias