Although Alex Had No Idea Who Would Win a Particular

question 73

Multiple Choice

Although Alex had no idea who would win a particular football game, after the game was over he claimed to have been "99% certain" that the winning team would be victorious. Alex's behavior is best thought of as an example of:

• A) the hindsight bias.
• B) priming.
• C) the representativeness heuristic.
• D) a context effect.

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