Question

Even though he knows only a small percentage of high school athletes go on to professional careers, Charlie believes that he will receive a scholarship to play football in college and then will have a career in the NFL. Charlie is:______.

Answer 1

Answer: Not applying base rates to himself

Explanation: Base rate neglect or fallacy is the tendency to turn a blind eye towards useful information and focus on information that's is not so important or relevant, It is is also called base rate bias. Base rate fallacy occurs when an individual believes in an outcome when he or she doesn't even have prior knowledge of the tendency of that outcome happening. What Charlie had done is base rate bias.