U2 AOS 1 - Cognitive Dissonance

Question 1

Cognitive Dissonance

Answer 1

The psychological tension that occurs when out thoughts, feelings and behaviour do not align with one another.

Question 2

Actor-observer bias

Answer 2

the tendency to attribute our own behaviour to situational facts but others behaviour to personal factors

Question 3

Anchoring Bias

Answer 3

The tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information that we learn when we make decisions

Question 4

Attentional Bias

Answer 4

Our tendency to pay attention to somethings and ignore others, thereby limiting our options

Question 5

Conformation Bias

Answer 5

the tendency to seek favour or remember information that supports an existing belief rather than contrary information

Question 6

false consensus bias

Answer 6

the tendency to overestimate how much others share our opinions

Question 7

self serving bias

Answer 7

the tendency to attribute our own successes to internal factors and our failures to external factors.