Although You Once Earned a 100 on Your Physics Exam

question 3

Multiple Choice

Although you once earned a 100 on your physics exam, you have subsequently been unable to earn a perfect score again. Your experience may be understood in terms of

• A) the illusory correlation.
• B) regression toward the average.
• C) the representativeness heuristic.
• D) counterfactual thinking.

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