Which of the following statements is a valid implication of this study?

a. Holding naïve theories causes greater accuracy in judging statements whose truth-values were the same across naïve and scientific theories, as compared to statements whose truth-values were different across naïve and scientific theories.
b. Naïve theories are associated with more correct judgments.
c. Statements whose truth-values were consistent across naïve and scientific theories are likely to be more easily processed than those that were inconsistent across naïve and scientific theories.
d. Naïve theories are replaced entirely by scientific theories that invalidate them.


Ans: c. Statements whose truth-values were consistent across naïve and scientific theories are likely to be more easily processed than those that were inconsistent across naïve and scientific theories.

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