The tendency to overestimate the accuracy of one's beliefs is called the:
A)perseverance bias.
B)fundamental attribution error.
C)correspondence bias.
D)overconfidence phenomenon.

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The overconfidence phenomenon refers to the tendency for people to be more confident in their beliefs or judgments than is warranted based on the available evidence, leading them to overestimate the accuracy of their beliefs. The other options (A, B, and C) refer to different biases but do not specifically relate to overconfidence in one's beliefs.

The Tendency to Overestimate the Accuracy of One's Beliefs Is