When John worries about getting bitten by a shark when swimming at the beach, but doesn't worry about getting cancer from the cigarettes he smokes, he is:
A) exaggerating the improbable.
B) exhibiting confirmation bias.
C) avoiding loss.
D) exhibiting hindsight bias.

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John is exaggerating the improbable because he is overly concerned about a rare event (shark attack) while ignoring a more probable risk (cancer from smoking).

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