Raquel Is Interested in Determining Whether Astrological Signs Are Predictive

question 109

Multiple Choice

Raquel is interested in determining whether astrological signs are predictive of personality traits. To investigate this, she examines her own behaviors, finds that they match the predictions in her astrology book, and concludes that everyone's astrological sign does indeed predict how they will behave. Believing that everyone thinks and behaves like her is an error that stems from Raquel's use of the:

• A) "what you see is all there is" phenomenon.
• B) pleasure paradox.
• C) better-than-average effect.
• D) hindsight bias.

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Definitions:

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