Margaret Mead's Fieldwork in Three Societies in New Guinea Indicated

question 108

True/False

Margaret Mead's fieldwork in three societies in New Guinea indicated that gender roles are highly consistent across cultures.

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Definitions:

Conjunction Fallacy

A logical fallacy that occurs when people assume that specific conditions are more probable than a single general one.

Base Rate Fallacy

A cognitive error where people wrongly judge the likelihood of a situation by ignoring general statistical information and focusing on specific information.

Gambler's Fallacy

The erroneous belief that if something happens more frequently than normal during a given period, it will happen less frequently in the future, or vice versa.

Overestimation Fallacy

The cognitive bias of overestimating one's own abilities, performance, level of control, or chances of success.