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Judgment

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You judge objects differently based on what they are near.
The contrast effect describes how stimuli are perceived relative to contextual anchors, but the Kenrick and Gutierres …
Your mind is trapped by the first number you hear.
The anchoring effect causes individuals to rely too heavily on the initial piece of information offered when making su…
A random number changes what you pay today.
In a 1974 study, people asked if the percentage of African nations in the UN was higher or lower than 10% guessed lowe…
You judge people's actions based on their internal character.
People tend to attribute others' behavior to character while attributing their own behavior to circumstances, a phenom…
You rate people as smarter based on their role.
A 1977 study found that participants rated 'questioners' in a quiz show as more intelligent than 'contestants'.…
Your opinion of quality depends on what you saw first.
The contrast effect suggests that your perception of a stimulus is heightened or diminished by the stimulus that prece…
You judge past decisions by their results, not their logic.
The outcome bias causes people to retrospectively evaluate a decision as poor if the result was unfavorable, even if t…
You make decisions based on the most easily recalled examples.
The availability heuristic leads you to judge the probability of events based on how easily specific instances come to…
Your judgment of quality is anchored to recent experience.
The contrast effect is a established psychological phenomenon where perceptions are influenced by preceding, contrasti…
You ignore the statistics to focus on the story.
People disregard general statistical information in favor of specific, anecdotal evidence.…
Nothing is as important as you think it is.
People misjudge the long-term impact of life events because they focus too heavily on them at the moment.…
You judge others by their character, not their context.
A 1967 study found that people attributed views expressed in an essay to the writer's internal beliefs, even when told…
You judge decisions by the result, not the process.
A 1988 study found that observers rate a high-risk decision as more intelligent if it leads to success than if it resu…