Despite Sir Francis Galton's belief that intelligence was strongly related to one's sensory capacity,
later research found that possessing one exceptional sense, like heightened hearing, highly correlated with overall intelligence. This is important because it reminds us of the critical thinking concept of
A) falsifiability.
B) correlation versus causation.
C) Occam's Razor.
D) ruling out rival hypotheses.
Answer: A
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a) framing information. b) a heuristic. c) problem solving. d) an exemplar.
Developmental psychologist Jean Piaget conducted rigorous observations of his own children as they grew up, and that is what formed the basis for his stage theory of cognitive development. From a research perspective, Piaget conducted a(n) __________
a. laboratory observation b. experiment c. correlational study d. case study