The False-Consensus Effect Is the Tendency to Overestimate the Degree

question 47

Multiple Choice

The false-consensus effect is the tendency to overestimate the degree to which others agree with your beliefs and opinions. Based on your understanding of processing biases, you know that this is most likely the result of:

• A) hindsight bias.
• B) the representativeness heuristic.
• C) confirmation bias.
• D) the overconfidence phenomenon.

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