Alice Believes She Can Accurately Forecast the Future and Makes

question 25

Multiple Choice

Alice believes she can accurately forecast the future and makes business decisions based on this belief. Which characteristics does this belief represent?

• A) Overconfidence
• B) Overoptimism
• C) Affect heuristic
• D) Confirmation bias
• E) Representativeness heuristic

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