Which Item Below Is the Best Example of a Generalization

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which item below is the best example of a generalization?

• A) The black widow spider has eight legs.
• B) Canadian author Alice Munro won the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature.
• C) The star closest to earth is Proxima Centauri.
• D) People who live in cities are fearful of crime.

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Definitions:

Event-Related Potentials

Brain waves measured by EEG that are the direct result of a specific sensory, cognitive, or motor event, useful in the study of cognitive processes.

Electroencephalogram

A test that measures electrical activity in the brain using small, flat metal discs attached to the scalp.

ERPs

Event-Related Potentials; brain responses that are directly the result of a specific sensory, cognitive, or motor event.

Neural Activity

The electrochemical actions and interactions within and between neurons in the brain and nervous system.