Question

The tendency to inflate your own sense of competence or to be more certain than you should be is called __________. A.overconfidence B.intuition a type II error C. anchoring

Answer 1

Answer:

A. overconfidence

Explanation:

In psychology, the term overconfidence refers to a kind of bias where the person's confidence (their own sense of competence) is greater that their actual capabilities or abilities. In other words, the person is extremely confident in situations where they don't actually have the abilities they think they have.

In other words, their sense of competence is inflated and they feel more certain than they should (since they are thinking they are more competent than what they really are), therefore this is called A. overconfidence.