Although the Number of High School Athletes Who Get Injured

question 33

Multiple Choice

Although the number of high school athletes who get injured playing their sport is not small enough to ignore, the fact is that

• A) ​most of those injuries are minor, such as bruises and strained muscles.
• B) ​even a serious injury cannot negate the positive impact of such athletic participation.
• C) ​these injuries are found almost entirely among football players and wrestlers.
• D) ​research has found that suffering an athletic injury helps to develop resilience.

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Definitions:

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it, often referred to as the "I-knew-it-all-along" phenomenon.

Overconfidence Bias

A cognitive bias which leads an individual to overestimate their knowledge, abilities, or control over situations.

Selection Bias

A type of bias caused by choosing non-random data for statistical analysis, which can cause the results to not be representative of the whole population.

Deductive Reasoning

A rational procedure in which an inference is derived from the harmony of multiple statements thought to be valid.