In a Multiple Choice Question, the Stem Is the

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Multiple Choice

In a multiple choice question, the stem is the

• A) alternative choice answer.
• B) answer to the question.
• C) incorrect response.
• D) question or incomplete statement.

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Definitions:

Individualistic Cultures

Societies that emphasize personal achievements, independence, and self-reliance over collective goals.

Meta-Cognition

The awareness and understanding of one’s own thought processes, or thinking about thinking.

Magical Thinking

A belief in the interconnectedness of unrelated phenomena, where an individual attributes cause and effect relationships to actions and events without scientific justification.

Debiasing

Reducing errors and biases by getting people to use deliberate processing rather than automatic processing.