Author Question: Todd is watching television. A character on a show is pretending to be nice to gain the trust of a ... (Read 153 times)

Kthamas · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Todd is watching television. A character on a show is pretending to be nice to gain the trust of a group of friends. He then uses their trust to trick them into giving him information that he uses to exploit them. Later, Todd tells his mom, that man was really nice, and he just wanted to know the same stuff as everyone else.. What age is Todd likely to be, given this comment?

a. One
b. Three
c. Six
d. 10

Question 2

Who will most strongly overestimate his or her own ability to exclude particular thoughts from conscious awareness?

a. A five-year-old preschooler
b. A 10-year-old fifth-grader
c. A 16-year-old high schooler
d. A 50-year-old adult