Mistakenly assuming that the popularity of a theory is in some way indicative of a theory's correctness or accuracy is the definition of _____

Fill in the blank with correct word


Answer: the bandwagon fallacy

Psychology

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A. before 1 month B. by about 6 months C. by about 10 months D. by about one year

Psychology

Jameel has a desire to learn as much about psychology as he can. Psychologists would call this desire a(n) ____

a. ?emotion b. ?thought c. ?motive d. ?instinct

Psychology

Although the range is a good measure of variation in a data set because it gives us information about the distance between the most extreme values, it does have one peculiar drawback. What is that concern?

a. The range cannot be used on data sets that do not have at least ten different values. b. The range is easily distorted by extreme values in a data set. c. The range is distorted when a data set has the same value that appears more than once. d. The range is changed when the standard deviation of the data set turns negative.

Psychology

One of Kenneth Hardy's contributions to Culture Sensitive Family Therapy is

a) his efforts to help therapists explain or interpret "minority families." b) his attention to the residual effects of slavery. c) the genogram. d) depathologizing family problems.

Psychology