Julia says that she can see objects that no one else can see. This is an example of:
A. precognition
B. clairvoyance
C. psychokinesis
D. convergence
Answer: B
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A. a two-tailed test B. a one-tailed test C. a combined test D. a sampling study
A learning strategy called Suggestive Accelerative Learning
and Teaching Techniques has suggested that people using this method can learn anywhere from 25 to several hundred times their normal learning speeds. When this set of techniques is subjected to scientific scrutiny, however, such results are not achieved. Which critical thinking concept should this bring to mind? A) Occam's Razor B) Replicability C) Extraordinary claims D) Correlation versus causation
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a. reducing diabetes risk b. resetting the BMR to an optimal point c. sparing lean body mass d. having an anti-Alzheimer's effect
Why are no-treatment control groups problematic?
a) They do not account for individual differences in outcomes. b) They are difficult to ethically justify. c) They are not typically based upon strict protocols. d) They do not allow for random assignment.