The Department of Chemistry Is Trying to Understand How People

question 3

Multiple Choice

The Department of Chemistry is trying to understand how people solve problems in organic chemistry classes.Students are given a series of complex organic chemistry problems to solve.Which of the following will characterize the students' performance?

• A) East Asian students will perform worse on the problems if they are asked to verbally articulate their thinking process but their performance will be relatively unaffected if they recite their own names repeatedly.
• B) Western students will perform worse on the problems if they are asked to verbally articulate their thinking process or recite their own names repeatedly.
• C) Verbally articulating their thought processes enhances the performance of East Asian students on the problems.
• D) Reciting their names repeatedly enhances the performance of Western students on the problems.
• E) Any student who verbally expresses anything unrelated to the problems will do poorly on them.

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Definitions:

Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

A logical fallacy that suggests that if one event follows another, the first event must have caused the second.

Fallacy

A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument or reasoning.

Inductive Reasoning

A method of reasoning in which general conclusions are drawn from specific observations or instances.

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