Everyday bias detector

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  People are more likely to support policies when they're framed in the context of potential gains rather than losses.  

  • A.
    True
  • B.
    False
• 2.
  People naturally pay more attention to information that supports their existing beliefs.

  • A.
    True
  • B.
    False
• 3.
  Thousands of times more deaths are necessary for famines to achieve the same media attention as volcanoes.  

  • A.
    True
  • B.
    False
• 4.
  Group work results in the generation of a greater number and diversity of ideas.  

  • A.
    True
  • B.
    False
• 5.
  Policymakers usually have a good grasp of how much citizens care about the issues they’re working on. 

  • A.
    True
  • B.
    False
• 6.
  People assume that the bad things that happen to everyone else will not happen to them.

  • A.
    True
  • B.
    False
• 7.
  Inter-group evaluations are very helpful in challenging an idea's weaknesses because of the benefits of outside perspectives.  

  • A.
    True
  • B.
    False
• 8.
  Spreading innovations always leads to progress.  

  • A.
    True
  • B.
    False
• 9.
  The first information we encounter inordinately shapes our perception of the matter. 

  • A.
    True
  • B.
    False

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Now head on to the rest of the course