Question

Which of these is most likely to be true about the process of introspection? Group of answer choices

A. People can often use their confidence ratings to detect whether their introspections are likely to be correct.
B. People often show little confidence about their reasoning when they introspect, although their reasoning is mostly correct.
C. Introspection acts as a special window, allowing people to report correctly why they acted the way they did.
D. Introspection often produces mistaken beliefs that arise from plausible after-the-fact inferences.

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Introspection often produces mistaken beliefs that arise from plausible after-the-fact inferences.

Explanation:

When people mistake unreliable introspection for genuine self-knowledge, the result can be an illusion of superiority over other people, for example when each person thinks they are less biased and less conformist than the rest of the group.