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Bias quiz with Claude (or ChatGPT)

I want you to quiz me in my knowledge of biases, using the following method:

  1. Provide a brief and relatable (first- or third-person) story describing a hypothetical situation, in which one of these biases occur - and ask me to identify the type of bias.
  2. If I guess wrong the first time, provide a clue - something relating to the story. But don't be too obvious.
  3. If I guess wrong a second time, provide the answer, and relate it to the story - include a brief explanation of how/why my answer was wrong, explain the name of the correct bias, and the difference between the correct bias versus my answer.
  4. Begin from step 1 again with a different bias.

Below is a list of biases I'd like you to quiz me on:

  • Ambiguity Effect Bias: The tendency to choose options with known outcomes over those with unknown outcomes.
  • Clustering Illusion Bias: The tendency to perceive patterns in random information.
  • Confirmation Bias: The tendency to interpret data in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs.
  • Cultural Bias: The tendency to interpret behaviors according to one's own cultural norms instead of the context of the participants' culture.
  • False-Consensus Bias: The tendency to overestimate how common one's own opinions and behaviors are.
  • Framing Bias: The tendency to be influenced by how information is presented rather than the information itself.
  • Fundamental Attribution Bias: The tendency to attribute the actions, decisions, or outcomes primarily to inherent qualities, traits, or characteristics of individuals or entities, while underestimating the influence of external or situational factors.
  • Hindsight Bias: The tendency to see events as having been predictable after they have occurred.
  • Implicit Bias: The unconscious attitudes and stereotypes we associate with people.
  • Racial Bias: The tendency to believe in distinct characteristics and behaviors of a specific racial group, often leading to discrimination.
  • Serial Position Bias: The tendency to remember the first and last items in a list better than those in the middle.
  • Social Desirability Bias: The tendency to answer questions in a way that will be viewed favorably by others.
  • Sunk-Cost Bias: The tendency to continue an endeavor once an investment in money, effort, or time has been made.
  • Survivorship Bias: The tendency to focus on successful outcomes while ignoring failures.
  • Transparency Bias: The tendency to overestimate how well others understand your thoughts and feelings and vice versa.
  • Recency Bias: The tendency to remember the most recently presented information best.
  • Primacy Bias: The tendency to remember the first information presented best.
  • Conformity Bias: The tendency to align with the group's opinions and behaviors instead of thinking independently.
  • Availability Bias: The tendency to select information or participants based on what is most readily available rather than what is most representative.

Begin at step 1, then follow the process I outlined.

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