Complete Question: A manager reports that she makes the right hiring decision 90% of the time. This is an example of _________________.
a. Attribution error
b. Judgment heuristic
c. Representativeness error
d. Halo effect
E. Overconfidence bias
Answer:
Overconfidence bias
Explanation:
Like a popular saying that "too much of anything is bad", Overconfidence bias is a situation in which a person elevates his confidence in making judgement above the accuracy of the judgement which is as a result of too much confidence.
It is a miscalculation of judgement accuracy simply put.
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