If you stop and take the time to ask yourself if you are being realistic about your skills, perceptions, and judgements, you are more likely to avoid which
bias?
hindsight bias
escalation of commitment
overconfidence bias
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The correct answer is Overconfidence bias

Explanation:

Overconfidence bias is the result of an excessive and unrealistic estimation of one's skills, knowledge, ideas, etc even to the point the individual considers himself better than others or does not have an objective perception about himself. This type of bias can lead to negative consequences, for example, by overestimating his ability to pass a test a student might choose not to study at all and then fail the test. Moreover, this can be avoided by assessing realistically one's skills, judgments, etc. According to this, the type of bias that can be avoided is overconfidence bias.

being born in poverty would limit the people's chances, opportunities and benefits.

this happen because of several things, such as:

- poor people tend to gain less access to good education and nutrition. this mean that their chance to obtain high paying jobs would also be limited.

- poor people tend to socialize with other poor people while the rich tend to socialize with other rich people. this means that simply throguh their social circle, rich people would have more business opportunities compared to the poor people.

- rich people tend to have more capital in their disposal. this would benefit them in business since it is far easier for them to fund their business operation compared to poor people.