According to the Text, _______________ Tends to Make People Overconfident

question 39

Multiple Choice

According to the text, _______________ tends to make people overconfident about their ability to predict something that, at the time it was unfolding, they had no idea how it will all turn out.

• A) the fundamental attribution error
• B) illusory correlation
• C) the naturalistic fallacy
• D) the hindsight bias

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.