Excessive Self-Confidence Is Especially Likely to Be Facilitated by the Difficulty

question 629

Multiple Choice

Excessive self-confidence is especially likely to be facilitated by the difficulty in recognizing

• A) reciprocal determinism.
• B) defensive self-esteem.
• C) one's own incompetence.
• D) self-efficacy.

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Definitions:

Binomial Distribution

A probability distribution that summarizes the likelihood that a value will take one of two independent states under a given set of parameters or conditions.

Negatively Skewed

Negatively skewed, in statistics, describes a distribution of data where the tail is longer on the left side of the distribution curve, indicating that the bulk of the values lie to the right.

Positively Skewed

A statistical distribution characterized by a longer tail on the right side, indicating that the bulk of the values lie to the left of the mean.

Probability Density Function

A function that describes the relative likelihood for a continuous random variable to occur at a particular point.