Your friend made an ecological fallacy about a group of students in your class. Write an e-mail to your friend stating the ecological fallacy, why it is a fallacy, and how you would gather data to prove that it is a fallacy.

What will be an ideal response?


Varies based on students’ choice of fallacy and explanations.

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The privatization of family therapy training had what effect on the field?

a. The amount of research on family therapy increased four-fold. b. Traditional academic settings became the hotbed of the family therapy movement. c. Released from the economic constraints of academia, family therapy became a profitable enterprise. d. all of the above

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Individuals with trichotillomania will pull hair out of anxiety or boredom as the behavior

provides a distraction, pleasure, or a relief from anxiety

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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The George W. Bush administration

a. added Medicare Part D for drug benefits b. removed drug benefits from Medicare c. introduced the Affordable Care Act d. negotiated with pharmaceutical companies to get lower drug prices for everyone

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One of characteristic of post-modern social movements is that

a. they frequently composed of open, but tightly structured, networks. b. they are concerned with self-determination rather than dominance. c. satisfied with reality as it is. d. they are not seeking to contest the very foundations of society.

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