Social Sciences

Challenging Mental Shortcut Assessment

A rigorous set of ten multiple‑choice items designed to evaluate sophisticated knowledge of psychological distortions and their real‑world implications.

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Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.

1
Which bias describes the tendency to overestimate the probability of events that are more memorable or vivid in one's mind?
Question 1
2
In social psychology, the phenomenon where individuals conform to a group norm despite private disagreement is called what?
Question 2
3
The paradoxical effect where providing too many choices reduces decision satisfaction is known as?
Question 3
4
Which experimental paradigm isolates the influence of expectations on perception by presenting ambiguous stimuli?
Question 4
5
In attribution theory, the error of assuming others act based on disposition while ignoring situational factors is termed?
Question 5
6
The effect where people recall the first and last items in a series better than the middle ones is called?
Question 6
7
Which neural pathway is primarily implicated in the rapid, unconscious processing of emotional facial expressions?
Question 7
8
When a therapist unintentionally mirrors a client’s language, reinforcing rapport, the technique is known as?
Question 8
9
The tendency to believe that past events were more predictable after they have occurred is called?
Question 9
10
In developmental psychology, the stage where adolescents begin to think about abstract possibilities and moral principles is identified as?
Question 10

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Challenging Mental Shortcut Assessment

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Quiz Questions

Which bias describes the tendency to overestimate the probability of events that are more memorable or vivid in one's mind?

In social psychology, the phenomenon where individuals conform to a group norm despite private disagreement is called what?

The paradoxical effect where providing too many choices reduces decision satisfaction is known as?

Which experimental paradigm isolates the influence of expectations on perception by presenting ambiguous stimuli?

In attribution theory, the error of assuming others act based on disposition while ignoring situational factors is termed?

The effect where people recall the first and last items in a series better than the middle ones is called?

Which neural pathway is primarily implicated in the rapid, unconscious processing of emotional facial expressions?

When a therapist unintentionally mirrors a client’s language, reinforcing rapport, the technique is known as?

The tendency to believe that past events were more predictable after they have occurred is called?

In developmental psychology, the stage where adolescents begin to think about abstract possibilities and moral principles is identified as?

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