The tendency to seek pleasure and avoid pain is called
(a) homeostasis (b) hypergamy (c) hedonism (d) habituation
C
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A. post hoc problem B. problem in leaping from the general to the specific C. base-rate problem D. problem in leaping from the specific to the general