Cognitive Biases
NAME THE COGNITIVE BIAS - Ray buys 200 shares of blockbuster stock. Blockbuster declares bankruptcy as Netflix takes over the world. Ray decides to hang on to his stock until the last minute because he feels like he has invested time, money, & energy, feeling like it's possibly that a miracle is on the horizon.
A-Dunning Kruger Effect B-Sunk Cost Fallacy
C-Availability Bias D-Instant Gratification
B-Sunk Cost Fallacy
With continued use of drugs or alcohol, levels of _______ & dopamine are altered significantly beyond normal levels.
A-serotonin B-oxytocin
C-oxycontin D-histamine
A-serotonin
It's important to _________ automatic negative thoughts (ANTs)
A-email B-ignore C-broadcast
D-document E-challenge F-semi
D-challenge
Studies show that __ is the most commonly used first substance by Americans, nearly 66% of individuals reporting it was the first substance they used.
A-Tobacco B-Alcohol C-Marijuana D-Xanax
E-LSD F-Oxycontin G-Mushrooms H-Cocaine
B-Alcohol
Someone who makes decisions based in cognitive biases is _____-minded.
A-Smart B-Close C-Bold
D-Open E-Blank F-Square
B-Close
NAME THE COGNITIVE BIAS - Vinny is a patient in substance abuse treatment. He is considering leaving the program early to go to Hawaii with a girl named Minnie he met in the med line. While considering this decision, Vinny remembers a friend who married a women he met while he was in treatment, using the latter as logical rationale to leave treatment with Minnie.
A-Survivorship Bias B-Authority Bias
C-Overconfidence Bias D-Social Loafing
A-Survivorship Bias
Because addiction to drugs/alcohol chemically alters the brain’s communication system, ___ pathways are formed in the brain.
A-physical B-physiological C-neural D-vistiril
C-neural
Phobophobia is fear of...
A-PHOTOGRAPHY B-MISSING OUT C-FEAR
D-PHILADELPHIA E-SCIENCE F-POETRY
C-FEAR
__ has the most schools in the world.
A-USA B-China C-Brazil D-Canada
E-Japan F-India G-Greece H-Atlanta
F-India
***over 1.5 million schools
NAME THE COGNITIVE BIAS - Bruce takes a group seminar on the topic of saving money. The leader of the seminar, Joni, encourages all participants begin using the self-checkout line at Publix and only scan one in three items, as a means to save money. Bruce goes to Publix after the seminar and begins using this strategy, even though it goes against his moral code. He does this because Joni is the expert and said it is a good strategy.
A-Shiny Object Syndrome B-Authority Bias
C-Overconfidence Bias D-Availability Bias
B-Authority Bias
NAME THE COGNITIVE BIAS - Glen watches a 30 minute YouTube video on relapse prevention skills and immediately creates a TikTok account dedicated to teaching relapse prevention skills to others. Glen is likely experiencing what bias?
A-Instant Gratification B-Representative Heuristic
C-Dunning Kruger Effect D-Sunk Cost Fallacy
C-Dunning Kruger Effect
When the brain ___________ the excess dopamine, which reduces the high that the person feels compared to the high that they felt when they first started taking the drug, the person experiences tolerance.
A-responds to B-rejects
C-adjusts to D-craves
C-adjusts to
Automatic Negative Thoughts are never _______.
A-Rare B-False C-Positive D-New
C-Positive
Country with the highest nicotine consumption, specifically due to tobacco use is __.
A-Canada B-China C-Cuba D-Italy
E-USA F-Mexico G-California H-Senegal
B-China
NAME THE COGNITIVE BIAS - Lionel visits his local Publix. While checking out, he pockets five bags of skittles. Before doing so, he thinks about how a few years back, he purchases a bag of avocados, only to find out they were spoiled when he was putting away his groceries. Lionel thinks how he did not return the avocados at the time, using that as justification for stealing five bags of skittles.
A-Shiny Object Syndrome B-Social Loafing
C-Moral Licensing D-Overconfidence Bias
C-Moral Licensing
NAME THE COGNITIVE BIAS - A recovering alcoholic names Bill believes he is can go to bars everyday and order a burger, that he is less likely to relapse as a result of going to bars than others who engage in the exact same high risk behavior.
A-Hindsight Bias B-Sunk Cost Fallacy
C-Social Loafing D-Optimism Bias
D-Optimism Bias
Drugs mimic brains chemicals and send false signals or can prevent the ___ of chemicals, disrupting normal communication.
A-recycling B-creation C-activation
D-identification E-use F-simulation
A-recycling
Chotdonkphobia is fear of...
A-Donkeys B-Eel C-Challenges D-Medicine
E-Hot Dogs F-Cheetahs G-Jazz H-Therapy
E-Hot Dogs
__ has the highest alcohol consumption per capita according to the World Health Org.
A-China B-Cuba C-Romania D-Germany E-USA
F-Mexico G-Italy H-England I-Brazil J-Iceland
C-Romania
NAME THE COGNITIVE BIAS - Winston eats a whole sandwich simply because it’s a single sandwich, even though he is not very hungry.
A-Social Loafing B-Moral Licensing C-Unit Bias
D-Hindsight Bias E-Outcome Bias F-The Munchies
C-Unit Bias
NAME THE COGNITIVE BIAS - Vance drinks alcohol for the first time at a very young age do to the common tendency of young people making decisions based on readily available information, such as "It looks fun" or "The cool kids drink."
A-Representative Heuristic B-Sun Cost Fallacy
C-Social Loafing D-Diffusion of Responsibility
A-Representative Heuristic
The highly advanced, complex area of the human brain is associated with decision-making & impulse control and is strongly impacted by addiction and intoxication.
A-Medulla Oblongata B-Brainstem
C-Prefrontal Cortex D-Cerebrum
E-Cerebellum F-Hypothalamus
C-Prefrontal Cortex
Riddle Alert!
What do you get from a pampered cow?
Spoiled milk.
The United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime found that the country with the highest rate of cannabis consumption is _________.
A-Jamaica B-Iceland C-Canada D-Holland E-China
F-USA G-Portugal H-Australia I-Canada J-Argentina
B-Iceland
Riddle Alert!
What did the fish say when it hit the wall?
Dam!