How Can You Recognize a Reliable Source of Information

question 57

Multiple Choice

How can you recognize a reliable source of information?

• A)By checking whether the authors are well qualified
• B)By checking whether the source of information is primary
• C)By checking whether the information was peer-reviewed
• D)All of the above are ways to check whether a source is reliable

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Definitions:

Nomothetic Goals

Goals that are concerned with establishing general laws and traits that apply broadly across people, in contrast to idiographic goals which are highly individualized.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

B.F. Skinner

An American psychologist and behaviorist known for his theory of operant conditioning and studies on reinforcement.

S-R Association

A concept in behaviorism that refers to the association formed between a stimulus and the response it generates without requiring conscious thought.