Suppose that you hear someone say, "I don't care how many days I am sick; I just care how many days I am well." Which of the following concepts from decision making would be most relevant to this statement?
a. the framing effect
b. the hindsight bias
c. the my-side bias
d. the conjunction fallacy
Ans: a
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