Jack and April are a couple who have decided to settle their divorce through the final-offer arbitration method.Each of them believes he or she has more than a 50 percent chance of having his or her proposal chosen by the arbitrator.What type of bias is evident here?
A) hostile media bias
B) overconfidence bias
C) false attribution bias
D) exaggeration of conflict bias

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The overconfidence bias is evident here as both Jack and April believe they have more than a 50 percent chance of having their proposal chosen by the arbitrator, indicating that they may be overly confident in their abilities to negotiate and present their case.

Jack and April Are a Couple Who Have Decided to Settle