Although you once earned a 100 in your physics exam,you have subsequently been unable to earn a perfect score again.Your experience may be understood in terms of:
A)an illusory correlation.
B)regression toward the average.
C)the representativeness heuristic.
D)counterfactual thinking.

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This is an example of regression toward the average, which refers to the tendency for extreme scores or events to be followed by more moderate ones. It is unlikely for someone to consistently earn a perfect score on exams, and therefore it is expected for their scores to regress toward the average over time.

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