Barrons AP Psychology 7th edition

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

  1. (C) Your friend’s comment is a product of hindsight bias, also known as the “I knew it all along”
    phenomenon. Overconfidence is people’s tendency to believe they have performed better than they
    have. A theory is a statement that seeks to explain some set of observations and is used to generate
    hypotheses. A hypothesis is a testable prediction. Response bias refers to any one of a host of
    factors that cause people to answer questions in ways that do not reflect their actual opinions or
    beliefs.

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