psychology
Sexually active undergraduate women who do not consistently use contraceptives see themselves as less vulnerable to unwanted pregnancy than do other undergraduate women.This best illustrates
A: the tyranny of choice
B: emotion-focused coping
C: the Type A personality
D; unrealistic optimism
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D: Unrealistic optimism. The women in this context are displaying unrealistic optimism by overestimating their ability to avoid unwanted pregnancy despite being sexually active and not consistently using contraceptives. This is an example of the cognitive bias known as unrealistic optimism, whereby people tend to underestimate threats to their well-being or underestimate the probability of negative events happening to them.
