General Studies · Cognitive Psychology
Match the cognitive biases in List I with their descriptions in List II: List I a. Availability heuristic b. Representativeness heuristic c. Anchoring bias d. Overconfidence bias List II1. Tendency to rely heavily on initial information when making decisions2. Overestimating the accuracy of one's knowledge or beliefs3. Estimating likelihood based on similarity to existing prototypes/categories4. Judging frequency or probability based on how easily examples come to mind
- 1a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
- 2a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2✓
- 3a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
- 4a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2
Correct answer
a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
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