Ethan dreams that one of his teachers is giving a test and he has forgotten to study.When he gets to math class the next day,his teacher announces a pop quiz.Ethan wonders if he might be psychic.Which of the following is most likely to be true?
A) Given the statistical probability of a dream and a life event coinciding,some dreams will seem to come true by sheer coincidence.
B) The content of Ethan's dream may have been influenced by ongoing events in his life (e.g. ,knowing his teacher gives pop quizzes,knowing he had math class the next day).
C) The dream and the real experience were not exactly the same,so the idea that Ethan is psychic isn't very accurate.
D) All of these.

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A) Given the statistical probability of a dream and a life event coinciding, some dreams will seem to come true by sheer coincidence. This is a possible explanation for why Ethan's dream seemed to come true.

B) The content of Ethan's dream may have been influenced by ongoing events in his life (e.g. knowing his teacher gives pop quizzes, knowing he had math class the next day). This is a likely explanation for why Ethan dreamed about a pop quiz.

C) The dream and the real experience were not exactly the same, so the idea that Ethan is psychic isn't very accurate. This is also true, as the dream and the real experience were not identical.

Ethan Dreams That One of His Teachers Is Giving a Test