Ray is someone who thinks he is always right. Because he has a confirmation bias, and only looks for evidence supporting his beliefs, he walks around thinking that he has been correct more times than he actually has. This is referred to as:

a. self-fulfilling prophecy. c. simple attribution error.
b. illusory correlation. d. impression management.


B

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