Sophia voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election. She believes that approximately 90% of college students also voted for Obama, when in reality that number is much lower. Sophia's overestimation is consistent with

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The false-consensus effect is a cognitive bias in which people overestimate the extent to which their beliefs and attitudes are shared by others. In this case, Sophia is overestimating the number of college students who voted for Obama, which is consistent with the false-consensus effect. The other options are not relevant to Sophia's situation.

Sophia Voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 U