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
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A. before 1 month B. by about 6 months C. by about 10 months D. by about one year
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a. ?emotion b. ?thought c. ?motive d. ?instinct
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.
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.