Luis believes in an old southern tradition that eating clay will help his wife deliver a healthy baby. His tendency to believe he sees the world correctly, and that the world exists precisely as we see it, is called
A) popular psychology.
B) naive realism.
Correct. Naive realism refers to a person's belief that he or she accurately and objectively sees the world as it is.
C) common sense.
Incorrect. It is an unfortunate truth that the way we want the world to be is infrequently the way the world is. Common sense would tell us not to expect things to come out just the way we want them to.
D) a single-variable explanation.
Answer: B
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