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Suppose that you are watching television just after a Congressional election, and your favorite candidate has wonalthough the election was close. You say to a friend, Well, I was really quite confident that he would win. This might be an exam
 
  a. a conjunction fallacy.
  b. the framing effect.
  c. the hindsight bias.
  d. the representativeness heuristic.

Question 2

Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about the research on overconfidence?
 
  a. Solange: Overconfidence applies to many other cognitive tasks, in addition to decision making.
  b. Igor: The research on overconfidence shows that participants are consistently overconfident, no matter what kind of questions they are asked.
  c. Steve: Individual differences are surprisingly small in this area; both experts and novices show similar levels of overconfidence.
  d. Amber: The overconfidence effect can be traced to illusory correlations.



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: c

Answer to Question 2

Ans: a




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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
:D TYSM


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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