Research into the memories of animals such as mice and rats suggests that they experience infantile amnesia
A psychoanalytic theorist might suggest that this is because these animals have repressed the memories of traumatic events, but the critical thinking principle of _____ suggests that this is rather implausible assertion.
A) Occam's Razor
B) replicability
C) extraordinary claims
D) correlation vs. causation
Answer: A
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