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question 82

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions
This histogram represents the distribution of the number of years of education completed by twins who attended the 16th Annual Twins Day Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio, in August of 1991.
Figure: Years of Education
-(Figure: Years of Education) Based on the distribution, how many twins completed 13 years of education?

• A) 11
• B) 12
• C) 20
• D) 65

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Definitions:

False Consensus Effect

Observers’ overestimation of the degree to which everybody else thinks or acts the way they do.

Social Comparison

The process by which individuals evaluate their thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and abilities in relation to others.

False Consensus Effect

A cognitive bias whereby individuals overestimate the extent to which their beliefs, feelings, and behaviors are shared by others.

False Consensus Effect

A cognitive bias whereby people tend to overestimate the extent to which their beliefs, values, opinions, and habits are normal and typical of those of others.