When Jonathan ran for class president, it never occurred to him that he could lose. This tendency is known as:
A) hindsight bias.
B) the representativeness heuristic.
C) the availability heuristic.
D) the overconfidence phenomenon.

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The statement refers to Jonathan's overconfidence, which is the tendency to have excessive confidence in one's own abilities or knowledge.

When Jonathan Ran for Class President, It Never Occurred to Him