A Grandma Complains, "Mothers Don't Spend Time with Their Children

question 135

Multiple Choice

A grandma complains, "Mothers don't spend time with their children like they did in my day." Knowing the research, what should her grandchild answer?

• A) "Absolutely false. Mothers-both stay-at-home and working-spend more time with their children today."
• B) "True, but this only applies to mothers who work full time at high-stress jobs."
• C) "True, but only because people now leave teaching to the schools and don't help with children's homework."
• D) "True, but this only applies to single moms who must work."

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Definitions:

Overconfidence

A cognitive bias where an individual's subjective confidence in their judgments and abilities is greater than their objective accuracy.

Algorithms

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Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, and remember information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions, leading to statistical errors.

Probability Distribution

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