Jim Believes He Can Actually Guess Correctly the Outcome of Heads

question 37

Multiple Choice

Jim believes he can actually guess correctly the outcome of heads or tails of 10 consecutive fair coin trials. His belief can perhaps best be explained in terms of

• A) self-fulfilling prophecy.
• B) regression toward the average.
• C) illusion of control.
• D) hindsight bias.

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