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Title: According to the text, optimistic bias is defined asa. the gap between what children and adolescent
Post by: pyros on Apr 29, 2015
According to the text, optimistic bias is defined as

   a.  the gap between what children and adolescents can accomplish alone and what they are capable of doing if guided by a more competent peer.
   b.  the tendency to assume that accidents, diseases, and other misfortunes are more likely to happen to others than ourselves.
   c.  the cognitive process that occurs when a scheme is changed to adapt new information or assimilate prior knowledge.
   d.  an aspect of short-term memory that refers to where information may be influenced by heuristic thinking.


Title: Re: According to the text, optimistic bias is defined asa. the gap between what children and adoles
Post by: Chili_billy on May 3, 2015
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Title: Re: According to the text, optimistic bias is defined asa. the gap between what children and adolescent
Post by: pyros on May 3, 2015
Correct!


Title: Re: According to the text, optimistic bias is defined asa. the gap between what children and adolescent
Post by: Chili_billy on May 4, 2015
You're welcome :D