Sabrina engages in unprotected sex. She doesn't worry about becoming pregnant because she thinks "it can't happen to me.". Sabrina's thinking is an example of
a. a personal fable.
b. low self-esteem.
c. self-uncertainty
d. the imaginary audience.
a
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A normal distribution must
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