Cognitive Bias

What is the term for recognizing bias in others but failing to recognize it in yourself?

• Outcome bias

• Blind-spot bias

• Confirmation bias

• Anchoring bias

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CCSS.RL.5.6

What does negativity bias focus on?

• Positive events at the expense of negative events

• Neutral events at the expense of positive events

• Negative events at the expense of positive or neutral events

• Positive events at the expense of neutral events

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CCSS.RL.5.6

Making a decision based on the outcome of a previous event without any regard to other factors involved is known as what?

• Anchoring bias

• Outcome bias

• Blind-spot bias

• Confirmation bias

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

Which bias is likely to occur when someone trusts only the information that aligns with their existing beliefs?

• Anchoring bias

• Blind-spot bias

• Confirmation bias

• Negativity bias

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CCSS.RL.5.6

What kind of bias might someone exhibit if they focus more on negative events than positive ones?

• Outcome bias

• Negativity bias

• Anchoring bias

• Blind-spot bias

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

Which cognitive bias involves making decisions based on the outcome of previous events?

• Confirmation bias

• Anchoring bias

• Outcome bias

• Negativity bias

After a famous athlete wins a championship, Ali tells his friends, “I always knew they were going to win,” even though he had expressed doubts earlier. What bias is Ali showing?

• hindsight

• optimistic

• confirmation

• groupthink

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Ahmed believes that his current job will always make him happy and that he won’t change his career goals in the future. What bias does Ahmed's belief reflect?

• end-of-history illusion

• optimistic

• hindsight

• confirmation

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

After a team project failed, Omar said, “I knew this idea wouldn’t work all along,” even though he had agreed to the plan earlier. What bias is Omar showing?

• information

• confirmation

• groupthink

• hindsight

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Amina reads only reviews that praise the new phone she wants to buy and ignores the negative ones, deciding it’s the best option. What bias is Amina experiencing?

• information

• confirmation

• groupthink

• optimistic

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6