Asked about a recently published study showing that little girls do not have penis envy, a psychodynamic theorist immediately says that the little girls are all in denial and do not want to admit to the feelings that they have

This response is an example of ________
a. basing theories on the retrospective accounts of adults.
b. overgeneralization.
c. the illusion of causality.
d. violating the principle of falsifiability.

Answer: d

Psychology

You might also like to view...

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

Since the 1970s, legislation has strengthened the principle of parens patriae

Psychology

From the perspective of _______ it is logically impossible for both determinism and free will to be true.

a. discordance theory b. incompatibilism c. dissonance theory d. the law of excluded middle

Psychology