Research demonstrates that to persuade a person that their
beliefs are false, an effective technique would be to provide them with an alternate explanation for those beliefs. This is most similar to which of the six principles of critical thinking highlighted in your textbook?
A) Replicability
B) Extraordinary claims
C) Ruling out rival hypotheses
D) Occam's Razor
Answer: C
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The idea that people choose mates on the basis of particular characteristics is called
a. directional selection. b. assortative mating. c. selective mating. d. intuitive mating.
A friend of yours asks, "Isn't it easy to tell when a person is faking the symptoms of dissociative identity disorder?" What would be an accurate answer?
a. "No, because there is no way to accurately determine the existence of multiple personalities." b. "Yes, you can give them personality tests, those can't be faked." c. "Yes, diagnosis is usually done after hypnosis, when people are most truthful." d. "Yes, differences in EEG tracing prove who is showing a different personality and who is not."