You and Your Friend Have a Big Assignment Due Today

Multiple Choice

You and your friend have a big assignment due today in your English class.You ask how your friend's paper turned out,and he mentions that he hasn't yet gotten around to writing it.Shocked,you ask him what he's going to tell the professor.He replies,"Oh,it won't be a problem.All female professors are pushovers; she'll let me turn the paper in next week." You tell your friend that you don't think all female professors are pushovers,but he doesn't seem worried.His conviction that his reasoning is correct is called the

A) overconfidence barrier.
B) motivational effect.
C) arrogance barrier.
D) perseverance effect.
E) testosterone effect.