The idea that the simplest explanation is usually the best explanation is known as ______

a. the Peter Principle c. the Law of Effect
b. Weber's Law d. the Principle of Parsimony


D

Psychology

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solve, but the problems have the same underlying logical requirements, the student may miss this similarity due to the apparent differences in the wording of the questions. The relationship between two problems is called A) salience of surface similarities. B) mental sets. C) functional fixedness. D) parallel paradigms.

Psychology

Professor MacLeod is lecturing on the parts of the eye. He tells the class that the aqueous humor is found in the

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