Which of the following exemplifies the statistical phenomenon of regression toward the average?
A. Habid fails to qualify for a job and thinks of ways in which his life would have changed if he had qualified.
B. Malak is overconfident and tends to overestimate the accuracy of her beliefs.
C. Wen is extremely disciplined in his first year of college but starts behaving like other students in the years that follow.
D. Anaya believes that her best friend calls her whenever she thinks about him.
Answer: C
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