After His Favorite Football Team Lost an Important Game, Chuck

question 44

Multiple Choice

After his favorite football team lost an important game, Chuck commented that the coach should have known that the team's strategy would fail because of the opposition's strong defense. Chuck's comment BEST illustrates which of the following?

• A) the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon
• B) the bystander effect
• C) the third-variable problem
• D) the overconfidence effect

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