5.8

Question 1

Representativeness Heuristic

Answer 1

Making a decision based upon how much something represents, or matches up with your characteristics from your schema.

Question 2

Availability Heuristic

Answer 2

When we make decisions on how available information is.

Question 3

Functional Fixedness

Answer 3

A cognitive bias that limits a person to use an object only in the way it is traditionally used.

Question 4

Mental Set

Answer 4

A tendency to only see solutions that have worked in the past.

Question 5

Anchoring Effect

Answer 5

A cognitive bias that describes the common human tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information offered.

Question 6

Confirmation Bias

Answer 6

While we make a decision, we actively look for information that confirms our ideas.

Question 7

Overconfidence

Answer 7

A tendency to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs & judgement.

Question 8

Belief Perserverance

Answer 8

A tendency to cling to our beliefs in the face of contrary evidence.

Question 9

Belief Bias

Answer 9

The tendency of one’s pre-existing beliefs to distort logical reasoning by making invalid conclusions.