Sam recalls the wonderful football team of his university days and the great season the team had in his senior year. In fact, the record was only mediocre. Sam's memory of it as more successful than it actually was is probably due to:

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Corinne Sanders

26 December, 15:13

Sam recalls the wonderful football team of his university days and the great season the team had in his senior year. In fact, the record was only mediocre. Sam's memory of it as more successful than it actually was is probably due to:

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Jazlene Ho · Answer 1

Bias

Explanation:

Bias is a psychological way of making preferential judgement in a manner that is unfair. It is a clouded judgement based on assumptions, favouritism or irrational beliefs.

Mariana Newton · Answer 2

Answer: bias

Explanation: Bias is the inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection. It is an adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand often without knowledge of the facts. As a preconceived opinion or feeling, it can be positive or negative. Sam's memory of his football's team glory days as more successful than it actually was is probably due to bias, this is because he favors one side or issue over another and does not give an equal chance to another opinion concerning his team.