Which of the following is not an example of "thinking what we want"?
a. cherry-picking of evidence
b. availability heuristic
c. confirmatory hypothesis testing
d. overconfidence
e. all of the above are examples of "thinking what we want"

b. Availability heuristic

Explanation:

Availability heuristic: The term availability heuristics is referred to as a person's mental shortcut depending on the example is available at a given point while evaluating a particular method, topic, decision, or concept. Through availability heuristics, an individual generally makes attributions related to a particular topic depending on the likelihood of an event.

In the question above, the availability heuristic is not an example of thinking what we want because it determines the mental shortcut of what we are having available in our mind.

imperial crisis leads to civil war.

roman forces withdraw from britain as goths attack rome.

odoacer topples romulus augustus

huns attack the empire and drive german peoples ahead of them.

the correct answer is d