After watching the winner of American Idol tell her story of going from a simple girl to a famous singer, Sun was convinced that she too could be on the show and become famous. Sun’s reaction demonstrates how people tend to ____

exaggerate the expected value of a future outcome

a. ?overestimate the probability of unlikely events
b. ?believe that future events in a random process will be affected by past events
c. ?
d. ?ignore negative evidence when making a decision


ANSWER:
a

Psychology

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