Three of the Following Statements Accurately Describe Environmental Influences on the Development

question 6

Multiple Choice

Three of the following statements accurately describe environmental influences on the development of epistemic beliefs. Which statement is not accurate?

• A) As students observe experts disagreeing about a particular topic, they increasingly realize that even authority figures aren't always reliable sources of what is true and accurate.
• B) The extent to which students accept what authority figures tell them is partly a function of the culture in which they have grown up.
• C) Classroom demands for word-for-word memorization increase as students move through the secondary grades and post-secondary education.
• D) Students who have grown up in Asian cultures are apt to believe that knowledge is the result of hard work, whereas students who have grown up in the United States are apt to believe that knowledge should come quickly and easily.

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Definitions:

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