Cognitive Biases

Question 1

Anchoring

Answer 1

The first thing you judge influences your judgement of all that follows

Question 2

Sunk Cost Fallacy

Answer 2

You irrationally cling to things that have already cost you something

Question 3

Conformational Bias

Answer 3

You favor things that confirm your existing belief

Question 4

Dunning-Kruger Effect

Answer 4

The more you know the less confident your likely to be

Question 5

Backfire Effect

Answer 5

When your core beliefs are challenged, it can cause you to believe even more strongly

Question 6

Barnum Effect

Answer 6

You see personal specifics in vague statements by filling in the gaps

Question 7

Declinism

Answer 7

You remember the past as better than it was and expect the future to be worse that it will likely be

Question 8

Framing Effect

Answer 8

You allow yourself to be unduly influenced by context and delivery

Question 9

Just World Hypothesis

Answer 9

Your preference for a just world makes you presume that it exists

Question 10

In-Group Bias

Answer 10

You unfairly favor those who belong in your group

Question 11

Fundamental Attribution Error

Answer 11

You judge others on their character but yourself on the situation

Question 12

Halo Effect

Answer 12

How much you like someone, or how attractive they are, influences your other judgements of them

Question 13

Placebo Effect

Answer 13

If you believe your taking medicine it can sometimes work even if its fake

Question 14

Bystander Effect

Answer 14

You presume someone else is going to do something in an emergency situation

Question 15

Availability Heuristic

Answer 15

Your judgements are influenced by what springs most easily to mind

Question 16

Curse of Knowledge

Answer 16

Once you understand something you presume it to be obvious to everyone

Question 17

Belief Bias

Answer 17

If a conclusion supports your existing beliefs, you’ll rationalize anything that supports it

Question 18

Self-Serving Bias

Answer 18

You believe your failures are due to external factors, yet your personally responsible for your success

Question 19

Groupthink

Answer 19

You let the social dynamics of a group situation override the best outcomes

Question 20

Negative Bias

Answer 20

You allow negative things to disproportionately influence your thinking

Question 21

Optimism Bias

Answer 21

You overestimate the likelihood of positive outcomes

Question 22

Pessimism Bias

Answer 22

You overestimate the likelihood of negative outcomes

Question 23

Reactance

Answer 23

You’d rather do the opposite of what someone is trying to make you do

Question 24

Spotlight Effect

Answer 24

You overestimate how much people notice how you look and act