You believe that bad things are more likely to happen to other people but good things are more likely to happen to yourself. This is termed ______________

a. overconfidence barrier
b. counterfactual thinking
c. optimistic bias
d. illusion of control


Answer: C

Psychology

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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a. red b. green c. blue d. pink

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a) touch, pressure, temperature, and pain. b) the location of body parts in relation to each other and the movement of the entire body or its parts. c) movement and body position. d) your location as compared to the position of the sun.

Psychology