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What is the nature-nurture debate about?
What is the nature-nurture debate about?
- Whether our behaviors are solely due to our genes
- Whether our behaviors are predetermined and unchangeable
- Whether our behaviors are due to our genes (nature) or due to our environments (nurture) (correct)
- Whether our behaviors are solely due to our environments
What does the replicability principle in research refer to?
What does the replicability principle in research refer to?
- The ability to duplicate study findings in other research (correct)
- The process of carefully reflecting and reporting on mental experiences
- The ability to disprove a hypothesis
- The association between two variables
What is the causation error in research?
What is the causation error in research?
- Assuming that correlation implies causation
- Failing to consider simpler explanations
- Disregarding the influence of genetics on behavior
- Assuming that because one thing is associated with another, it must cause the other (correct)
What is the premise that knowledge should initially be acquired through observation?
What is the premise that knowledge should initially be acquired through observation?
What is the tendency to seek out evidence that supports our beliefs and deny evidence that contradicts them?
What is the tendency to seek out evidence that supports our beliefs and deny evidence that contradicts them?
What is the error of using our emotions as guides for evaluating the validity of a claim?
What is the error of using our emotions as guides for evaluating the validity of a claim?
What is the belief that we see the world precisely as it is?
What is the belief that we see the world precisely as it is?
What is the error of assuming that a claim is correct just because many people believe it?
What is the error of assuming that a claim is correct just because many people believe it?
What is the assertion about the world that is not testable?
What is the assertion about the world that is not testable?
What is the awareness of our death leaving us with an underlying sense of terror which we cope with by adopting reassuring cultural worldviews?
What is the awareness of our death leaving us with an underlying sense of terror which we cope with by adopting reassuring cultural worldviews?
What is the error of believing that we're immune from errors in thinking that afflict other people?
What is the error of believing that we're immune from errors in thinking that afflict other people?
What is the focus of evolutionary psychology?
What is the focus of evolutionary psychology?
What is the nature-nurture debate concerned with?
What is the nature-nurture debate concerned with?
What is the causation error in research?
What is the causation error in research?
What is the term for the belief that we see the world precisely as it is?
What is the term for the belief that we see the world precisely as it is?
What is the term for the error of assuming that a claim is correct just because many people believe it?
What is the term for the error of assuming that a claim is correct just because many people believe it?
What is the term for the error of framing a question as though we can answer it in only one of two extreme ways?
What is the term for the error of framing a question as though we can answer it in only one of two extreme ways?
What is the term for the tendency to detect meaningful patterns in random stimuli?
What is the term for the tendency to detect meaningful patterns in random stimuli?
What is the term for the error of using our emotions as guides for evaluating the validity of a claim?
What is the term for the error of using our emotions as guides for evaluating the validity of a claim?
What is the term for the belief that we’re immune from errors in thinking that afflict other people?
What is the term for the belief that we’re immune from errors in thinking that afflict other people?
What is the term for the error of believing that a claim is correct just because it has not been proven false?
What is the term for the error of believing that a claim is correct just because it has not been proven false?
What is the term for evaluating all claims with an open mind but insisting on persuasive evidence before accepting them?
What is the term for evaluating all claims with an open mind but insisting on persuasive evidence before accepting them?
