Curtis is considering buying a new workout machine that promises weight loss at twice the rate of other machines
When Curtis questioned such a claim with the manufacturer, the customer service representative stated this was a new system and previous research on weight loss was not applicable. This example illustrates which warning sign of pseudoscience?
A) Evasion of peer review
Incorrect. The lack of connection between existing research and the product being peddled demonstrates a lack of collectivity, not an evasion of peer review.
B) Absence of connectivity
Correct. One of the warning signs of pseudoscience is lack of connectivity to other research (i.e., findings that are
vastly different than those of previous research on the same topic).
C) Overreliance on anecdotes
D) Lack of self-correction
Answer: B
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A. the trail you see is caused by sparks left behind from the sparkler. B. longer light wavelengths from the sparkler produce a visual echoic effect. C. the length of iconic memory is about a fraction of a second. D. Gestalt principles work to complete the circle in our minds.
Maestripieri's studies with monkeys found all of the following except
a. mother monkeys whose infants had died were observed to adopt abandoned infant monkeys, or even to kidnap infant monkeys. b. when monkey mothers were separated from their own infants during the bonding period, the mothers later rejected the infant (and other infants) when they were reunited after the bonding period. c. when mothers and infants were separated after the bonding period, the mothers sometimes later accepted other infants versus their own infants when they were reunited some significant time later. d. when mothers and infants were separated after the bonding period, the mothers later accepted their infant when they were reunited some significant time later.
The adult thinking process in which every idea implies an opposite idea, and both the idea and its opposite can be integrated into a synthesis is referred to as
formal operational thought. adaptive logic. dialectical thought. moral reasoning.
Research tells us that specific personality characteristics significantly related to slower disease progression were ______.
A. assertiveness and positive emotions B. conscientiousness and introversion C. lower achievement striving and openness to new experiences D. type C personality and introversion.