Ethnocentrism is the belief that
A. Our own nationality is superior to others
B. Our own cultural traditions are superior to others
C. Both answers are correct
Answer: C
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a. infants. b. children. c. adolescents. d. adults.
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a. ?denial b. ?bargaining c. ?anger d. ?depression
As your textbook discusses, a statistician
once discovered that in one of the United States there was a negative correlation between the number of Ph.Ds granted and the number of mules in that state. The fact that you cannot then state that the number of Ph.Ds conferred causes the mule population to decrease demonstrates which principle of critical thinking? A) Correlation vs. causation B) Extraordinary claims Incorrect. It is indeed extraordinary to believe that the number of mules in a state would be related to the number of Ph.Ds that are conferred, but this question demonstrates the problem of correlation versus causation. C) Ruling out rival hypotheses D) Falsifiability
Which of the following children is the most likely to get his or her permanent teeth first?
A) Brooke, an obese girl B) Malik, an undernourished boy C) Jack, a well-nourished boy of average weight D) Sasha, an undernourished girl