The planning fallacy is ________
A) a tendency for individuals to believe that projects will take less time than they actually do
B) a bias that some people have in planning for worst-case scenarios
C) a tendency to rely on our memories of previous similar activities when planning future projects
D) the mistaken belief that one can completely plan for social encounters
E) a technique used by some social psychologists when studying group interactions
Answer: A
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