Thinking That She Had Outperformed Most of Her Classmates,Glenda Was

question 167

Multiple Choice

Thinking that she had outperformed most of her classmates,Glenda was surprised to receive just an average grade on her psychology test.Glenda's experience best illustrates

• A) overconfidence.
• B) hindsight bias.
• C) the placebo effect.
• D) perceiving order in random events.

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Definitions:

Learning Theory

A set of principles that explains how individuals acquire, retain, and recall knowledge.

Modeling

A method of learning in which individuals ascertain how to act or perform by observing the behavior of others, also known as observational learning or social learning.

Linguistic-Relativity Hypothesis

The theory that the structure of a language influences its speakers' worldview or cognition.

Cognitive Limits

The boundaries or constraints on a person's mental abilities, such as memory capacity, attention span, and the ability to process information.