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A Cognitive Flaw Used to Explain Away Bad Decisions and Maintain

Question 292

Question 292

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A cognitive flaw used to explain away bad decisions and maintain our confidence is ________.


A) the hindsight bias
B) the representative heuristic
C) the confirmation bias
D) counterfactual thinking

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