Fig. 6
From: A valid assessment of students’ skill in determining relationships on evolutionary trees
Interview question containing a proximity strategy distracter and example student response. The correct response is a. Moth. The incorrect response is b. Mantis was designed to exhibit the proximity distracter; along the topology, the mantis is closer in proximity to the ant than the moth. Student 6 employs the proximity strategy to answer the question and answers incorrectly