Among the Explanations Given Below,which One Best Explains Our Illusion

question 71

Multiple Choice

Among the explanations given below,which one best explains our illusion of control over certain outcomes?

• A)We fail to see our susceptibility to base-rate fallacy.
• B)We fail to recognize the statistical phenomenon of regression toward the average.
• C)We fail to see the operation of the representativeness heuristic.
• D)We fail to recognize our tendency to counterfactual thinking.

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