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Rebecca,a Teenager,has Recently Started Smoking Cigarettes

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Rebecca,a teenager,has recently started smoking cigarettes.On being reprimanded by her parents,she replied saying "So what? I smoke,but doesn't everyone?" In this scenario,Rebecca's overestimation of the number of people who smoke exemplifies


A) false consensus effect.
B) pluralistic ignorance.
C) defensive pessimism.
D) unrealistic optimism.

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