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What is another term for Fundamental Attribution Error?

  • Over-attribution bias (correct)
  • Situational attribution bias
  • Environmental attribution error
  • Personality emphasis bias

    • Which phenomenon describes the tendency of individuals in a group to move towards extreme positions after discussion?

  • Social loafing
  • Hindsight effect
  • Groupthink
  • Group polarization (correct)

    • What is the key difference between Illusion of control and Illusion of transparency?

  • Overestimation of control vs. Overestimation of transparency (correct)
  • Belief in personal influence vs. Belief in personal honesty
  • Perception of personal power vs. Perception of personal integrity
  • Misjudgment of responsibility vs. Misjudgment of openness

    • What defines a Hypothesis?

    <p>A potential explanation to be tested</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which strategy involves making a large request that is likely to be rejected before making a smaller request?

    <p>Door-in-the-face technique</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the colloquial term for the psychological phenomenon where people overestimate their ability to predict an event after it has occurred?

    <p>Hindsight bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to a tentative statement proposing a possible relationship between variables, subject to testing and verification?

    <p>Hypothesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In hypothesis testing, which type of hypothesis deals with the relationship between one independent and one dependent variable?

    <p>Simple hypothesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term describes the belief that individuals have more control over events than they actually do?

    <p>Illusion of control</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which psychological phenomenon best aligns with the statement 'I knew it all along'?

    <p>Hindsight bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which phenomenon is described as the tendency to overlook coping strategies and aspects of the psychological immune system that can reduce future distress?

    <p>Immune neglect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Wilson and Gilbert (2003), what strategies are included in the psychological immune system?

    <p>Rationalizing and discounting</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do Gilbert and Wilson refer to as immune neglect?

    <p>Ignoring the power of the psychological immune system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which phenomenon is described as the tendency to overestimate the intensity and duration of emotional responses to future events?

    <p>Impact Bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does Impact Bias potentially affect decision-making according to the text?

    <p>It may lead individuals to avoid beneficial actions due to overestimated negative emotional consequences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the phenomenon where people attribute the behavior of others to their character but attribute their own behavior to external factors?

    <p>Fundamental attribution error</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the theory that suggests groups will make more extreme decisions after interacting with each other?

    <p>Group polarization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the phenomenon where people believe they have a greater level of control over situations than they actually do?

    <p>Illusion of control</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the phenomenon where people have the tendency to perceive events as more predictable after they have occurred?

    <p>Hindsight bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the proposition that people will most likely be attracted to someone of a similar level of desirability to their own?

    <p>Matching Hypothesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term describes the tendency to overestimate the degree to which the actions and behaviors of others are due to innate personality traits rather than external factors?

    <p>Fundamental Attribution Error</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bias involves the inclination to perceive events as having been more predictable after they have already occurred?

    <p>Hindsight Bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term describes the false belief that one has control or influence over external events that are primarily determined by chance?

    <p>Illusion of Control</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which scenario might Group Polarization be observed?

    <p>A community making a decision that leads to a more extreme position than the initial inclination of its members</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to a tentative explanation for an observation or phenomenon that can be tested through research?

    <p>Hypothesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What cognitive bias causes people to overestimate the degree to which their thoughts and emotions are apparent to others?

    <p>Illusion of transparency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias involves observing a relationship between two variables when there isn't one in reality?

    <p>Illusory correlation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias causes people to feel like they can influence random chance events, like wearing a lucky jersey to affect a football game's outcome?

    <p>Illusion of control</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What phenomenon leads individuals to believe that their nervousness during public speaking is more noticeable to the audience than it actually is?

    <p>Illusion of transparency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to believe that one's emotional distress is more apparent to others than it really is?

    <p>Illusion of transparency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term that describes the human tendency to see oneself as the opposite of the person with whom they are having a conflict?

    <p>Mirror-Image Perception</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In discrimination, what is it called when an individual is treated unfairly based on their characteristics such as race, gender, age, or sexual orientation?

    <p>Discriminatory Behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What principle in advertising states that repeated exposure to a commercial increases liking of the product, leading to increased sales?

    <p>Exposure Effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which concept describes the unfair treatment of people or groups based on certain characteristics, as seen in denying acceptance to a group based on race?

    <p>Discrimination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What phenomenon explains the tendency of individuals in a group to adopt more extreme positions after discussions within the group?

    <p>Group Polarization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term is used to describe the human tendency to attribute outcomes to their own control even when they are not responsible for those outcomes?

    <p>Illusion of Control</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is defined as an unfounded belief that one knew the outcome of an event after it occurred?

    <p>Hindsight Bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In psychological research, what is a testable prediction about the relationship between two or more variables called?

    <p>Hypothesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What cognitive bias leads individuals to attribute others' behaviors to internal characteristics while overlooking situational factors?

    <p>Fundamental Attribution Error</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What cognitive bias causes individuals to believe that their internal experiences are more visible to others than they actually are?

    <p>Illusion of Transparency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which phenomenon involves the tendency to believe that one can influence random chance events, like wearing a lucky jersey to affect a football game's outcome?

    <p>Illusion of Control</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In psychology, what is the term for the false belief that one has control or influence over external events primarily determined by chance?

    <p>Illusory Correlation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to overlook strategies that can reduce future distress, as stated by Gilbert and Wilson (2003)?

    <p>Impact Bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What psychological phenomenon, according to Sheldon (1999), causes people to overestimate the degree their thoughts and emotions are apparent to others?

    <p>Illusion of Transparency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the phenomenon where people overlook coping strategies and aspects of the psychological immune system that can reduce future distress?

    <p>Immune neglect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias leads individuals to overestimate the intensity and duration of emotional responses to future events?

    <p>Impact bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias involves observing a relationship between two variables when there isn't one in reality?

    <p>Illusory correlation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias causes people to feel like they can influence random chance events, like wearing a lucky jersey to affect a football game's outcome?

    <p>Illusion of control</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the cognitive bias that involves the tendency to believe that one's emotional distress is more apparent to others than it really is?

    <p>Illusion of transparency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to overestimate one's ability to control external events primarily determined by chance?

    <p>Illusion of Control</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias involves the belief that one's emotional distress is more apparent to others than it really is?

    <p>Illusion of Transparency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias involves observing a relationship between two variables when there is none in reality?

    <p>Illusory Correlation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias refers to the tendency to overlook coping strategies and aspects of the psychological immune system that can reduce future distress?

    <p>Immune Neglect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias describes the tendency to overestimate the intensity and duration of emotional responses to future events?

    <p>Impact Bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the tendency to believe that one's emotional distress is more apparent to others than it really is?

    <p>Illusion of transparency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to overlook coping strategies and aspects of the psychological immune system that can reduce future distress?

    <p>Immune neglect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What cognitive bias causes people to overestimate the degree to which their thoughts and emotions are apparent to others?

    <p>Illusion of transparency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias involves observing a relationship between two variables when there isn't one in reality?

    <p>Illusory correlation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term describes the tendency to overestimate the intensity and duration of emotional responses to future events?

    <p>Impact bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which phenomenon describes the tendency of individuals to overestimate their ability to predict future events?

    <p>Impact bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias involves the inclination to perceive events as having been more predictable after they have already occurred?

    <p>Illusion of control</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which psychological phenomenon best aligns with the statement 'I knew it all along'?

    <p>Immune neglect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What cognitive bias causes people to overestimate the degree to which their thoughts and emotions are apparent to others?

    <p>Illusion of transparency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which phenomenon is described as the tendency to observe a relationship between two variables when there isn't one in reality?

    <p>Illusory correlation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What phenomenon refers to the tendency of individuals to overestimate their ability to control situations that are actually determined by chance?

    <p>Illusion of transparency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias involves mistakenly perceiving a relationship between two variables when none actually exists?

    <p>Illusory correlation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What concept describes the phenomenon where individuals fail to consider coping strategies when predicting their emotional reactions to future events?

    <p>Immune neglect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In psychological terms, what is the common misperception that leads individuals to believe their emotions are more apparent to others than they actually are?

    <p>Illusion of transparency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bias involves the tendency to overestimate the intensity and duration of emotional reactions to future events?

    <p>Impact bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term describes the false belief that one has more control over external events than they actually do?

    <p>Perceived Control Fallacy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to think that others can perceive one's emotions and thoughts more clearly than they actually can?

    <p>Illusion of Transparency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In psychology, what do Gilbert and Wilson (2003) refer to as 'immune neglect'?

    <p>Overlooking Strategies for Reducing Distress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What psychological phenomenon leads individuals to believe that their nervousness or emotional distress is more apparent to others than it actually is?

    <p>Transparency Illusion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term describes the theory that suggests groups tend to make more extreme decisions after interacting with each other?

    <p>Group Polarization Phenomenon</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What cognitive bias involves perceiving a relationship between two variables when none actually exists?

    <p>Illusory Correlation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Impact Bias' potentially affects decision-making by:

    <p>Overestimating the Duration of Emotional Reactions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Immune Neglect' according to Wilson and Gilbert (2003) refers to:

    <p>Overlooking Strategies for Reducing Distress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive bias causes individuals in a group to adopt more extreme positions after discussion?

    <p>Group Polarization Phenomenon</p> Signup and view all the answers

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