______________are false beliefs that are firmly held despite clear evidence to the contrary

A group of teachers develops a math curriculum to help students increase their scores on required tests in math

The teachers find promising results with the students in their school, so they develop a plan to test the curriculum in all of the schools in their county. This plan shows that the teachers recognize the importance of A) proving that their theory is falsifiable. B) demonstrating their pathological skepticism. C) showing that required math tests are invalid. D) replicating the original findings to increase confidence in them.

Under the normal curve, the probability of any single score falling below

the mean is a. 0 b. .16 c. .34 d. .50