Even Though She Knows That Most People Take Much Longer

Multiple Choice

Even though she knows that most people take much longer than they anticipate in finishing their dissertations (sometimes even years longer) , Tyra is certain that she will be able to conduct her dissertation research, write up her dissertation, and defend it to her dissertation committee, all within nine months. She is sure that if she works hard she will be able to successfully finish on schedule. Tyra appears to be ____.

A) subject to the planning fallacy
B) showing evidence of the Zeigarnik effect
C) subject to the omission bias
D) an entity theorist