Practice Multiple Choice Test Feedback: Question 8

Students often believe that they should not change answers because

(a) research shows that students most often change answers from right to wrong
(b) they only notice the answers they changed from right to wrong, and not the ones they changed from wrong to right
(c) they know from personal experience that they can talk themselves out of a right answer more readily than they can talk themselves out of a wrong answer
(d) human nature is such that one's first reaction is often the best one

Alternative (b) is correct. You should have immediately eliminated alternative (d) because it is obviously absurd.

Level of learning: Knowledge or Comprehension. This material is taken directly from the handout, with some paraphrasing.

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