Tim Tells You That the Best Way to Make Friends

question 9

Multiple Choice

Tim tells you that the best way to make friends is by opening the conversation with a joke. He can easily recall all the friends he met by telling a joke and also the times he opened with chitchat and didn't befriend the person. If you were concerned that Tim was making the present/present bias, what would you ask him?

• A)How many people have you met and befriended?
• B)Do you think the times you made friends by telling jokes might come more easily to mind?
• C)Did you go into conversations where you opened with jokes thinking that you would make friends?
• D)What about the times you opened with a joke and didn't become friends with the person?

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Definitions:

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