As a Child Increases in Age, Especially After 2 Years

question 260

Multiple Choice

As a child increases in age, especially after 2 years of age, it(s) ________.

• A) maintains approximately the same proportions as when it was born
• B) head becomes proportionately smaller to the rest of the body
• C) head becomes proportionately larger to the rest of the body
• D) legs become proportionately shorter than the head and torso

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Definitions:

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overestimate the influence of personality and underestimate the impact of situational factors on other people's behavior.

False Consensus Effect

The tendency for people to overestimate the extent to which their beliefs, opinions, preferences, values, and habits are normal and typical of those of others.

Counterfactual Thinking

The human tendency to create possible alternatives to life events that have already occurred, something akin to imagining "what might have been."

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive bias wherein individuals judge the probability of events based on how easily examples come to mind.