_____ Involves the Selection of Information to Support Your Position

question 29

Multiple Choice

_____ involves the selection of information to support your position while framing negatively any information that might challenge your belief.

• A)Coercion
• B)Fallacy
• C)Bribery
• D)Favoritism
• E)Intentional bias

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Definitions:

Biological Variation

Differences among individuals and populations in physical, physiological, and genetic characteristics due to evolutionary, environmental, and genetic factors.

Creationism

The belief that the universe and living organisms originate from specific acts of divine creation, as in the biblical account, rather than by natural processes such as evolution.

Evolution

The mechanism through which a range of life forms are considered to have emerged and branched out from previous versions during Earth's historical timeline.

Punctuated Equilibrium

A theory in evolutionary biology which proposes that species evolve rapidly in short bursts, followed by long periods of evolutionary stasis.