Three Dangerous Potential Errors in Our Thinking That Result from the Same

question 60

Multiple Choice

Three dangerous potential errors in our thinking that result from the same general tendency to conserve our limited processing capacity are

• A) optimistic bias, confirmation bias, and illusion of control.
• B) confirmation bias, illusion bias, and predictability bias.
• C) predictability bias, illusion bias, and availability heuristic.
• D) optimistic bias, planning fallacy, and illusion bias.
• E) illusion of control, planning bias, and optimistic bias.

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