Cognitive Bias
The tendency to search for, interpret, and remember information that confirms or supports one's existing beliefs or preconceptions.
Confirmation Bias
Judging the likelihood of an event based on how easily examples come to mind, rather than actual statistical probability.
Availability Heuristic
The tendency to do or believe something because many other people do, regardless of the actual merit.
Bandwagon Effect
What year did Coach Broxton graduate from CHS?
2014
I am present at the beginning of love, the start of life and I am the end of evil. What am I?
The letter ‘L’.
The habit of relying too heavily on the first piece of information encountered when making decisions.
Anchoring Bias
When people with limited knowledge or expertise overestimate their abilities in a specific area.
Dunning-Kruger Effect
The common belief that past events seemed more predictable than they actually were after they have occurred.
Hindsight Bias
What is Coach Broxton's wife first name?
Melaina
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter ‘M’
Selection Bias
Drawing conclusions from a sample that is not representative of the entire population.
The psychological phenomenon where negative events have a greater impact on our psychological state than positive events.
Negativity Bias
Concentrating on the people or things that "survived" some process while overlooking those that did not.
Survivorship Bias
How old is Coach Broxton.
29
Grandpa went for a walk, and it started raining. He forgot to bring an umbrella and didn’t have a hat. When he got home, his clothes were soaking wet, but not a hair on his head was wet. How was this possible?
Grandpa is bald
The tendency to attribute positive events to one's own character but attribute negative events to external factors.
Self-Serving Bias
Giving more importance to recent events or information over historical data.
Recency Bias
The way information is presented influences decision-making, even when the facts remain the same.
Framing Effect
Coach Broxton has been scuba diving, sky diving, and snowboarding. Which one is the lie?
Scuba Diving
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right hand?
Your right elbow
The tendency to let one positive trait influence the overall perception of a person or thing.
Halo Effect
Continuing a behavior or endeavor because of previously invested resources, even when it's no longer rational.
Sunk Cost Fallacy
The tendency to blame others' behaviors on their character while attributing our own behaviors to external circumstances.
Fundamental Attribution Error
Who's is Coach Broxton's favorite student in this class?
He don't like any of y'all! Pick a different question!
Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
Neither—they both weigh a ton