Over-Optimism Is Best Defined As

question 48

Multiple Choice

Over-optimism is best defined as:

• A) The area of finance dealing with the implications of reasoning errors on financial decisions.
• B) The belief that your abilities are better than they really are.
• C) Taking an overly optimistic view of potential outcomes
• D) Searching for (and giving more weight to) information and opinion that confirms what you believe rather than information and opinion to the contrary.
• E) The tendency of individuals to make different (and potentially inconsistent) decisions depending on how a question or problem is framed.

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Definitions:

Genetically Identical

Describes organisms, such as twins or clones, that have exactly the same DNA sequence.

Plasticity

The brain's ability to change and adapt as a result of experience, learning, or injury.

Epigenetics

The study of changes in organisms caused by modification of gene expression rather than alteration of the genetic code itself.

Neurogenesis

The process of generating new neurons in the brain, which continues to occur in certain regions throughout life.