When Larina started college,she was certain that she would never smoke marijuana. By the end of her freshman year,however,Larina had used this drug on three different occasions. Larina's experience best illustrates

A) the availability heuristic.
B) confirmation bias.
C) overconfidence.
D) the framing effect.

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Andrea De León · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  Larina's experience best illustrates overconfidence, which is the tendency to overestimate one's ability to resist temptations or predict future behavior. Larina was confident that she would never smoke marijuana, but her behavior indicates that she may have been overconfident in her ability to resist peer pressure or other influences that may have led her to try the drug.

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