Many people believe in the validity of activities like palmistry, tarot card reading, and astrology
. The evidence to support the usefulness of these activities as anything other than entertainment is virtually non-existent. This reminds you to consider which principle of critical thinking the next time you are at a carnival with a mind reader or a fortune teller?
A) Falsifiability
B) Ruling out rival hypotheses
C) Replicability
D) Extraordinary claims
Answer: D
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Which of the following best describes dysthymia?
a) a mild, chronic form of depression b) a severe, intermittent form of depression c) a form of depression that affects biological functions such as appetite d) a form of depression that is very responsive to electroconvulsive therapy
The part of the mind that Freud believed tries to balance the demands of the id
against the constraints of the environment, and tries to get what the id wants, is called the (a) ego (b) unconscious (c) perceptual conscious (d) superego