When John worries about getting bit by a shark when swimming at the beach, but doesn't worry about getting cancer from the cigarettes he smokes, he is:

a. avoiding loss.
b. exhibiting confirmation bias.
c. exaggerating the improbable.
d. exhibiting hindsight bias.


Answer: c

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