Katherine Believes That in the Future She Will Earn a Higher

question 10

Multiple Choice

Katherine believes that in the future she will earn a higher salary than her classmates once she's out of college and that she is less likely to incur any financial problems.Katherine is exhibiting:

• A) the optimistic bias
• B) the illusion of control
• C) counterfactual thinking
• D) optimal thinking

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