Each Semester, You Repeatedly Underestimate How Long It Will Take

question 107

Multiple Choice

Each semester, you repeatedly underestimate how long it will take you to complete a research paper that is due at the end of the term. Your behavior is an example of the

• A) perseverance bias.
• B) fundamental attribution error.
• C) correspondence bias.
• D) overconfidence phenomenon.

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