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Suppose that you are having a serious argument with a friend, and you are convinced that your own perspective is correct. According to the discussion in Chapter 12, this situation is an example of
 
  a. hindsight bias.
  b. my-side bias.
  c. the crystal-ball technique.
  d. the conjunction rule.

Question 2

In the hindsight bias,
 
  a. people rely too much on an anchor, and they fail to make appropriate adjustments.
  b. the availability heuristic is more useful than the representativeness heuristic.
  c. people believe that their foresight is more accurate than their hindsight.
  d. people overestimate their accuracy for predicting past events.



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: b

Answer to Question 2

Ans: d




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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
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Excellent

 

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