Earlier Adolescence Is a Time When Most Children Are

question 60

Multiple Choice

Earlier adolescence is a time when most children are

• A)very proud of their physical changes.
• B)dissatisfied with their body image.
• C)completely unaware of their changes.
• D)in denial about their changes.

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Definitions:

Anchoring and Adjustment Heuristic

A mental shortcut that influences the way people intuitively assess probabilities and make decisions based on initial information.

Escalation of Commitment

The phenomenon of investing increasingly more resources into a failing course of action due to cognitive biases and sunk costs.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Representation Bias

Representation bias refers to the cognitive bias where individuals inaccurately assess the probability of an event based on the ease with which examples come to mind, often due to how frequently they are portrayed or mentioned.