Stephanie's team is frustrated by the grade that they received on their HOD project. As they discuss this afterward, a frustrated team member exclaims, "I don't see how Aaron's project did better than ours. Our project was clearly better than his. Honestly, I thought we had the best project. I think the graders just got sucked into Aaron's flashy presentation." This statement is an example of:

a. Overconfidence
b. Optimism bias
c. Displaced narcissism
d. Ingroup/Outgroup bias


d. Ingroup/Outgroup bias

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a. ?The fallacy of the average b. ?The fallacy of the unknown base c. ?The fallacy of the atypical time frame d. ?The fallacy of the arbitrary time frame e. ?The fallacy of the variance

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If you wanted to illustrate the increase in the number of people in the United States who have earned college degrees since 1970, the best kind of visual aid would probably be a(n) ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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