What do most people say for “Name a cognitive bias”?

The usual first answers are Confirmation bias, Anchoring bias, Dunning–Kruger effect, Sunk cost fallacy and Hindsight bias. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a cognitive bias”?

83 in all: 7 on The Tip, 18 Below the Surface, 32 in The Deep, 25 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a cognitive bias” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Declinism” and the longest is “Fundamental attribution error”.

How hard is “Name a cognitive bias”?

Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.

Science trivia

Name a cognitive bias

“Name a cognitive bias” is one of 69 science prompts in Icillion. Of its 83 accepted answers, 7 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.

The tip of the iceberg

These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.

Confirmation bias
Anchoring bias
Dunning–Kruger effect
Sunk cost fallacy
Hindsight bias
Bandwagon effect
Halo effect

One step down

A step further down, worth 25 points each:

Availability heuristic
Survivorship bias
Optimism bias
Negativity bias
Framing effect
Gambler's fallacy
Status quo bias
Loss aversion
Endowment effect
Placebo effect
Recency bias
Self-serving bias
Fundamental attribution error
In-group bias
Spotlight effect
Planning fallacy
Bystander effect
Stereotyping

Answers by level

The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsConfirmation bias · Anchoring bias · Dunning–Kruger effect
Below the Surface18 answers · 25 ptsAvailability heuristic · Survivorship bias · Optimism bias …
The Deep32 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
The Abyss25 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game

The Deep holds 32 answers starting with A, B, C, D, G, H, I, J, M, N, O, P and Z. The Abyss has 25 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

By the numbers

83 answers in total, 77 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Declinism”. Longest: “Fundamental attribution error”.
S, B and C are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
17 answers can be typed more than one way: “Mere exposure effect” counts as Mere-exposure effect.

Tips for a rarer answer

Start with S: 11 of the answers begin with it.
Confirmation bias, Anchoring bias and Dunning–Kruger effect are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Units of measurement go far beyond metres and grams.

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