Psychology

Question 1

psychology biases

Answer 1

obsticals to logical thinking

Question 2

confirmation bias

Answer 2

bias towards thinking views match yours when they don’t

Question 3

availability heuristic

Answer 3

the mind thinks of most relevant and well-known things first but they may not be most relevant, true or accurate

Question 4

being wrong

Answer 4

trouble admitting your wrong

Question 5

framing effect

Answer 5

perspective changes on the same topic when in a different context

Question 6

intentionality bias

Answer 6

believing events occur with intent, rather than by accident when they are an accident

Question 7

survivorship bias

Answer 7

only looking at survivors to see why they survived e.g. looking at houses now from the ’60s and thinking they were built so well but actually the majority of them fell down years ago

Question 8

anchoring and adjustment

Answer 8

fixate on specific number and vary actions from that e.g. price discounts

Question 9

pattern seeking

Answer 9

suppose more order than what is found

Question 10

moral disgust bias

Answer 10

trouble separating physical and moral disgust

Question 11

just world hypothesis

Answer 11

thinking that people deserve what they get