The Text Discusses Whether People Are Basically Selfish or Unselfish

question 6

Multiple Choice

The text discusses whether people are basically selfish or unselfish. The psychologist Dennis Krebs objected to this kind of approach in which the question is posed in terms of whether people are either altruistic or egoistic. The objection is that there are other possibilities besides these two and that this approach is an example of:

• A) illusory correlation.
• B) black-and-white thinking.
• C) confirmation bias.
• D) circular reasoning.

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