Practice
Expanding the Map
Read each scene, choose the best match, and then check the feedback. This set focuses on the newer Brain Bugs that were added to fill the library out.
Question 1
A risky plan succeeds once, and the team starts calling the original decision brilliant without checking whether the reasoning was weak.
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The decision is being graded by the ending alone. That is Outcome Bias.
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A few coincidences make someone sure there is a hidden signal or design, even though chance has not been ruled out.
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A meaningful pattern is being read into possible noise. That is Patternicity.
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A student has read many summaries and collected lots of sources, so they feel informed, but they still cannot explain the core idea clearly without notes.
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Access to information is being mistaken for deep understanding. That is Illusion of Knowledge.
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Notes feel easy and smooth to reread, so a student assumes they have really learned the material even though recall is weak.
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Ease of processing is being mistaken for real learning. That is Fluency Illusion.
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A leader keeps tweaking a chaotic situation and starts acting as if the extra motion itself means the outcome is now under control.
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Influence is being inflated into command over a partly uncertain system. That is Illusion of Control.
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An expert explains too fast, skips key background, and assumes the audience already sees the missing steps.
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Once the knowledge became familiar, it became hard to imagine the beginner's viewpoint. That is Curse of Knowledge.
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Someone forgives the same rude behavior when it comes from their own group but condemns it when it comes from another group.
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Group membership is changing the standard of judgment. That is In-Group Bias.
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A person assumes many other people must share their opinion because it feels normal inside their own social circle.
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Personal familiarity is being mistaken for broad agreement. That is False Consensus Effect.
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