John skips all of his classes on most Fridays. He does not think it's a big deal and believes most other people skip classes on Fridays too. This best represents an example of which of the following concepts?

a. Cognitive distortion bias
b. Self-fulfilling prophecy
c. Self-serving attribution
d. False consensus effect


Answer: D

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