"Jamie and Lynn were sure that they had answered most of the multiple-choice questions correctly because "the questions required only common sense." However, they each scored less than 60% on the exam. This best illustrates overconfidence" is TRUE.
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
The effect of overconfidence is a well-established bias in which the subjective trust of a person in his or her judgments is consistently greater than the objective accuracy of those judgments, particularly when the trust is relatively high. Overconfidence is one case where statistical probabilities are miscalculated.
Confidence is basic need while having exam even one know its going to be tough or easy. But overconfidence can ruin both tough and easy paper, even with common sense questions because while giving paper a balance of feeling is necessary to attempt for answers.
