General Studies · Cognitive Biases in Medicine
Match the following clinical cognitive errors with their correct descriptions: (A) Availability error — (I) When clinicians choose the first thing that comes to their mind (B) Representation error — (II) When clinicians focus on the presence or absence of classic manifestations of a disease without taking into account disease prevalence (C) Anchoring error — (III) Clinicians selectively accept clinical data that support a desired hypothesis (D) Confirmation bias — (IV) When clinicians steadfastly cling to an initial impression even as conflicting and contradictory data accumulate
- 1A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
- 2A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III✓
- 3A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
- 4A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II
Correct answer
A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III
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