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Systematic errors in thinking and decision making. Play Cognitive Biases trivia solo to sharpen your knowledge, or challenge a friend head-to-head in Trivia Tango — every question comes with an explanation so you learn as you play. Questions span every level, from easy warm-ups to expert-level stumpers, so there's a real challenge here however much you already know.
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This bias causes you to favor information that confirms your existing beliefs while ignoring contradictory evidence.
Difficulty: Easy- Confirmation Bias
- Hindsight Bias
- Availability Heuristic
- Attribution Error
When we value something more highly simply because we own it, we're demonstrating this effect.
Difficulty: Medium- Status Quo Bias
- Loss Aversion
- Endowment Effect
- Possession Attachment
This technical concept from prospect theory describes the mathematical shape of the value function as it approaches zero change from the reference point.
Difficulty: Hard- Reference Sensitivity
- Diminishing Sensitivity
- Marginal Utility Decay
- Value Curvature
After learning the outcome of an event, this bias makes you believe you "knew it all along."
Difficulty: Easy- Overconfidence Effect
- Hindsight Bias
- Self-Serving Bias
- Optimism Bias
This principle states that people will work harder to avoid losing $100 than to gain $100, even though the amounts are identical.
Difficulty: Medium- Endowment Effect
- Loss Aversion Asymmetry
- Sunk Cost Principle
- Prospect Theory Foundation
This concept from attribution theory describes how we weigh consensus, distinctiveness, and consistency information when making causal attributions.
Difficulty: Hard- Attribution Dimensions
- Correspondent Inference
- Covariation Model
- Causal Schema
When you judge the likelihood of events based on how easily examples come to mind, you're using this mental shortcut.
Difficulty: Easy- Representativeness Heuristic
- Anchoring Bias
- Availability Heuristic
- Gambler's Fallacy
This bias causes people to assume that their internal states (like hunger or emotion) are more apparent to others than they actually are.
Difficulty: Medium- Spotlight Effect
- Self-Transparency Illusion
- Illusion of Transparency
- Social Projection
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