A key characteristic of a good scientific theory is that it is a simple explanatory device. This key characteristic is explained as the critical thinking principle of
A) falsifiability.
B) Occam's Razor.
C) replication.
D) ruling out rival hypotheses.
Answer: B
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a. social anxiety. b. depression. c. libido or sex drive. d. anger.
A decline in the tendency to respond to an event following repeated exposure to the event is referred to as:
a. sensitization b. second-order conditioning c. habituation d. negative reinforcement
A teacher states that the students who made the highest grades on the English test also made the highest grades on the history test and the ones that made the lowest on one test made the lowest on the other. She was probably able to make this statement because she
a. conducted a controlled experiment with the class. b. correlated the scores on the two tests. c. surveyed the students. d. observed the students as they took the test to make sure no one cheated.
The main excitatory neurotransmitter in the nervous system that plays a role in memory and learning is
A) glutamate. B) GABA. C) acetylcholine. D) serotonin.