Taking books home over a holiday expecting to do lots of work and doing nothing at all is an example of:
A) confidence
B) the planning fallacy
C) neglecting base rates
D) unfreezing
E) redundancy

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This scenario is an example of the planning fallacy, which is the tendency to underestimate the time, costs, and resources needed to complete a task or project. Despite intending to work on the books over the holiday, the person underestimated the amount of time and effort they would actually have to put in to get the work done.

Taking Books Home Over a Holiday Expecting to Do Lots