Contradicting years of theory and practice, Douglas Biklen
claimed that children with autism could, in fact, communicate with the aid of a "facilitator." With his help, these children gave messages of love and warmth to their parents, many of whom had been without such affection since their children were born. When the evidence of this "facilitated communication" is examined, which principle of critical thinking from your chapter is not supported?
A) Occam's Razor
B) Correlation vs. causation
C) Falsifiability
D) Extraordinary claims
Answer: D
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a. sample. b. independent group. c. population. d. control group.
Which of the Bronfenbrenner's five levels provides the connections between the various aspects of the person's life, like links in a chain, to bind children to parents, students to teachers, employees to bosses, and friends to friends?
a) exosystem b) mesosystem c) microsystem d) macrosystem
After the first day of class, Jack (who is always an optimist) decides the class will be fun while Jan (who struggles over grades) decides the class will be hard. Their different reactions illustrate the role of their
a) non-shared environment. b) cognitive set. c) previous exposures. d) childhood experiences.
An enduring period of sadness without any related symptoms is
(a). Depression (b). Depressed Mood (c). Depressive Syndrome (d). Major Depressive Disorder