One Study Asked College Students to Predict the Likelihood of Experiencing

question 214

Multiple Choice

One study asked college students to predict the likelihood of experiencing different personal life events. The researchers found that students' accuracy in making predictions was unrelated to how certain they were about their predictions. This is an example of:

• A) overconfidence.
• B) framing.
• C) the availability heuristic.
• D) the belief bias.

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