Social Science

Cognitive Biases and Decision Making

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Explore a curated set of questions on cognitive biases, decision making, and behavioral economics. These concepts evaluate how social norms, emotions, and heuristics influence human judgment and group behavior. Master these topics to build a strong foundation for psychology and social science exams.

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Cognitive Biases and Decision Making Questions

Multiple choice

What is the psychological phenomenon that occurs when individuals conform to the norms and expectations of their military unit or organization?

  1. Groupthink

  2. Social Facilitation

  3. Deindividuation

  4. Conformity Bias
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Explanation

Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs when individuals conform to the norms and expectations of their group, often leading to poor decision-making.

Multiple choice

What is the term for the tendency for individuals to overweight small probabilities and underweight large probabilities?

  1. Risk aversion

  2. Risk seeking

  3. Prospect theory

  4. The framing effect
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Explanation

Prospect theory is a behavioral economics theory that describes how individuals make decisions under conditions of uncertainty, and it includes the tendency for individuals to overweight small probabilities and underweight large probabilities.

Multiple choice

What is the term used to describe the belief that one's body is flawed or inadequate?

  1. Body Dysmorphia

  2. Body Neutrality

  3. Body Shaming

  4. Body Positivity
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Body Dysmorphia is the belief that one's body is flawed or inadequate.

Multiple choice

What is the term used to describe the phenomenon where respondents give socially desirable answers to survey questions, even if they do not reflect their true beliefs or opinions?

  1. Social desirability bias

  2. Acquiescence bias

  3. Confirmation bias

  4. Framing effect
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Explanation

Social desirability bias occurs when respondents answer survey questions in a way that they believe will make them appear more favorable to the interviewer or society.

Multiple choice

What is the term used to describe the situation where a poll's results are biased due to the way the questions are worded or the order in which they are asked?

  1. Framing effect

  2. Social desirability bias

  3. Acquiescence bias

  4. Confirmation bias
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Explanation

Framing effect refers to the influence of the way a question is worded or the order in which questions are asked on the responses given by respondents.

Multiple choice

What is the term used to describe the situation where a poll's results are biased due to the way the sample is selected?

  1. Sampling error

  2. Response bias

  3. Non-response error

  4. Framing effect
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Explanation

Sampling error refers to the bias introduced into a poll's results due to the way the sample is selected.

Multiple choice

What is the term used to describe the situation where a poll's results are biased due to the way the responses are interpreted or coded?

  1. Response bias

  2. Sampling error

  3. Non-response error

  4. Framing effect
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Explanation

Response bias refers to the bias introduced into a poll's results due to the way the responses are interpreted or coded.

Multiple choice

Which cultural phenomenon refers to the tendency for individuals to perceive and interpret information in a way that is consistent with their cultural beliefs and values?

  1. Cultural Bias

  2. Cultural Relativism

  3. Cultural Schema

  4. Cultural Cognition
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Explanation

Cultural cognition refers to the cognitive processes and mental structures that are shaped by cultural factors and influence how individuals perceive, interpret, and remember information.

Multiple choice

What is the term for the tendency for individuals to remember information that is consistent with their cultural beliefs and values and to forget information that is inconsistent?

  1. Cultural Amnesia

  2. Cultural Forgetting

  3. Cultural Memory Bias

  4. Cultural Selective Memory
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Explanation

Cultural selective memory refers to the tendency for individuals to remember information that is consistent with their cultural beliefs and values and to forget information that is inconsistent.

Multiple choice

Which cultural phenomenon refers to the tendency for individuals to perceive and interpret information in a way that is biased towards their own cultural group?

  1. Cultural Ethnocentrism

  2. Cultural Relativism

  3. Cultural Universalism

  4. Cultural Pluralism
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Explanation

Cultural ethnocentrism refers to the tendency for individuals to perceive and interpret information in a way that is biased towards their own cultural group and to view other cultures as inferior.

Multiple choice

What is the term for the tendency for individuals to remember information that is personally relevant to them and to forget information that is not?

  1. Personal Memory Bias

  2. Personal Selective Memory

  3. Personal Amnesia

  4. Personal Forgetting
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Explanation

Personal selective memory refers to the tendency for individuals to remember information that is personally relevant to them and to forget information that is not.

Multiple choice

What is the term for the tendency for individuals to remember information that is consistent with their religious beliefs and values and to forget information that is inconsistent?

  1. Religious Amnesia

  2. Religious Forgetting

  3. Religious Memory Bias

  4. Religious Selective Memory
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Explanation

Religious selective memory refers to the tendency for individuals to remember information that is consistent with their religious beliefs and values and to forget information that is inconsistent.

Multiple choice

What is the term used to describe the phenomenon where legal technology systems make decisions based on historical data, potentially perpetuating biases and discrimination?

  1. Algorithmic bias

  2. Data bias

  3. Historical bias

  4. Systemic bias
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Explanation

Algorithmic bias refers to the situation where an algorithm makes decisions based on historical data that contains biases, leading to discriminatory outcomes.

Multiple choice

What is the term for the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of experiencing a negative health outcome?

  1. Optimism bias

  2. Pessimism bias

  3. Illusion of control

  4. Confirmation bias
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Explanation

Pessimism bias refers to the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of experiencing a negative health outcome, such as a disease or injury.

Multiple choice

What is the term for the tendency to seek out information that confirms existing beliefs and ignore information that contradicts them?

  1. Confirmation bias

  2. Disconfirmation bias

  3. Illusion of control

  4. Optimism bias
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Explanation

Confirmation bias refers to the tendency to seek out information that confirms existing beliefs and ignore information that contradicts them, leading to a distorted view of reality.