Adult Default Overclaim
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
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Example wrong choices
18412_verse_picnic_wagon · TORTS · Choice ANo negligence standard applies to a child younger than 12.
Why it's attractive
The answer invents a no-standard rule for every child younger than 12.
Why it's wrong
The answer invents a no-standard rule for every child younger than 12.
18412_verse_picnic_wagon · TORTS · Choice BTimothy's own sincere best effort, even if a child of like age, intelligence, and experience would have used more care.
Why it's attractive
It correctly notices child-specific traits but drops the reasonably careful child comparison.
Why it's wrong
It correctly notices child-specific traits but drops the reasonably careful child comparison.
18412_verse_picnic_wagon · TORTS · Choice DThe adult reasonable-person standard because negligence law treats every defendant as an adult for standard-of-care purposes.
Why it's attractive
It treats the adult standard as universal even though the stem flags ordinary child activity.
Why it's wrong
It treats the adult standard as universal even though the stem flags ordinary child activity.
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