Although you once scored a 100 on your physics exam,you have subsequently been unable to get 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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Regression toward the average suggests that extreme scores or performances are likely to be followed by more average scores or performances. Since the perfect score of 100 was an extreme score, it is reasonable to assume that subsequent scores would fall closer to the average.

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