Esmerelda Wonders If She Would Be Happier If She Had

question 75

Multiple Choice

Esmerelda wonders if she would be happier if she had decided to move to Montreal rather than Toronto.What concept does this example illustrate?

• A) the base-rate fallacy
• B) belief perseverance
• C) counterfactual thinking
• D) the fundamental attribution error

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