Jennifer Thompson MOST likely exhibited the problem of _____ when she identified Cotton as her assailant during Cotton's trial.
A) overconfidence
B) source confusion
C) change blindness
D) visual illusion

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Jennifer Thompson's identification of Cotton as her assailant during Cotton's trial is most likely due to overconfidence. Overconfidence is the tendency to be more confident in one's abilities or judgments than is warranted by the evidence. In this case, Jennifer Thompson may have been overconfident in her ability to identify her assailant, which led her to make a mistake.

Jennifer Thompson MOST Likely Exhibited the Problem of _____ When