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Which of the following biases involves prioritizing immediate rewards over future consequences?
Which of the following biases involves prioritizing immediate rewards over future consequences?
Which bias describes the tendency to dismiss information that contradicts one’s previous beliefs?
Which bias describes the tendency to dismiss information that contradicts one’s previous beliefs?
What is the primary pitfall of the Anchoring Effect in decision making?
What is the primary pitfall of the Anchoring Effect in decision making?
Which bias is characterized by the error of believing past events were predictable after they have occurred?
Which bias is characterized by the error of believing past events were predictable after they have occurred?
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What common decision-making error involves drawing false conclusions by perceiving similar situations as identical?
What common decision-making error involves drawing false conclusions by perceiving similar situations as identical?
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Which decision-making error involves focusing on the most recent events and losing objectivity?
Which decision-making error involves focusing on the most recent events and losing objectivity?
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What is the term for the decision-making error where individuals create irrelevant connections between random events?
What is the term for the decision-making error where individuals create irrelevant connections between random events?
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In decision-making, which bias leads individuals to perceive situations through a lens that confirms their previous choices?
In decision-making, which bias leads individuals to perceive situations through a lens that confirms their previous choices?
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Which bias involves the reliance on initial information while disregarding further relevant data?
Which bias involves the reliance on initial information while disregarding further relevant data?
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What cognitive bias involves mistakenly believing that past events could have been anticipated only after knowing the outcome?
What cognitive bias involves mistakenly believing that past events could have been anticipated only after knowing the outcome?
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Study Notes
Decision-Making Errors and Biases
- Heuristics: Using simplified rules of thumb to make decisions more quickly.
- Overconfidence Bias: Having overly positive self-assessments of ability and performance, believing one is more competent than they actually are.
- Immediate Gratification Bias: Prioritizing immediate rewards over future benefits or costs, choosing options providing quick, immediate satisfaction.
- Anchoring Effect: Focusing too heavily on initial information, refusing to disregard it even when subsequent data contradicts it.
- Selective Perception Bias: Interpreting information based on pre-existing beliefs rather than objectively, filtering data through biases.
- Confirmation Bias: Actively seeking information that supports existing choices and dismissing contradicting information, bolstering existing views.
- Framing Bias: Highlighting certain aspects of a situation while downplaying others, influencing decisions based on how options are presented.
- Availability Bias: Overestimating the likelihood of events based on recent occurrences, leading to biased decisions based on easily recalled information.
- Representativeness Bias: Drawing inaccurate comparisons based on superficial similarities, mistakenly assuming similar situations are the same.
- Randomness Bias: Attempting to find patterns where none exist in random events, searching for order in chaos.
- Sunk Costs Error: Continuing with a course of action due to prior investments, ignoring future implications (recognizing past investment is irrelevant to current decision-making).
- Self-Serving Bias: Attributing successes to personal attributes and failures to external factors, taking credit for successes and blaming others for failures.
- Hindsight Bias: Overestimating the predictability of events after the outcome is known, believing an event was more predictable than it was in reality.
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Explore common decision-making errors and biases that affect our judgment. This quiz covers heuristics, overconfidence, anchoring, and various other biases that shape our perspectives and choices. Test your understanding of how these cognitive pitfalls can impact decision-making processes.
