Why Do Many Students Conclude That They Should Never Change

question 50

Multiple Choice

Why do many students conclude that they should never change answers on a multiple-choice test?​

• A)The first impulse really is right, most of the time.
• B)​They easily remember times when they changed a right answer to a wrong one.
• C)​They are overlooking base-rate information.
• D)​They are following a maximizing strategy instead of a satisficing strategy.

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Definitions:

Conventional Level

The second level in Kohlberg's theory of moral development, where individuals make moral decisions based on conforming to social rules to ensure positive relationships and societal order.

Social Rules

Norms established by a society to dictate acceptable behavior, facilitate interaction, and maintain order among its members.

Preoperational Stage

A stage in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development (roughly ages 2 to 7) where children begin to engage in symbolic play and struggle with logic and taking the perspective of others.

Decentration

The ability to consider multiple aspects of a situation simultaneously, an important cognitive development in children allowing more complex thought processes.