Chapter 10 Intuition’s Dozen Deadly Sins (Perils)

Question 1

looking back on events, we falsely surmise that we knew it all along

Answer 1

Hindsight Bias

Question 2

intuitively perceiving a relationship where none exists

Answer 2

Illusory Correlation

Question 3

influenced by our present moods and by misinformation, we may form false memories

Answer 3

Memory Construction

Question 4

fast and frugal heuristics lead us into illogical and incorrect judgements

Answer 4

Representativeness and Availability

Question 5

our intuitive assessments of our own knowledge are often more confident than correct

Answer 5

Overconfidence

Question 6

thanks partly to our preference for confirming information, beliefs are often resilient, even after foundation is discredited

Answer 6

Belief Perseverance and Confirmation Bias

Question 7

judgements flip-flop, depending on how the same issue or information is posed

Answer 7

Framing

Question 8

inflated confidence in one’s discernment based on interview alone

Answer 8

Interviewer Illusion

Question 9

we often mispredict the intensity and duration of our emotions

Answer 9

Mispredicting our own Feelings

Question 10

in various ways, we exhibit inflated self-assessments

Answer 10

Self-Serving Bias

Question 11

overly attributing others’ behavior to their dispositions by discounting unnoticed situational forces

Answer 11

Fundamental Attribution Error

Question 12

our intuitive self-predictions often go astray

Answer 12

Mispredicting our own Behavior