Coming to a Conclusion When There Is No Evidence to Support

question 132

Multiple Choice

Coming to a conclusion when there is no evidence to support it is a cognitive distortion called:

• A)selective abstraction.
• B)overgeneralizing.
• C)personalizing.
• D)arbitrary inference.

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Definitions:

Prezygotic

Referring to mechanisms that prevent fertilization or mating between species, such as geographical separation or timing differences in mating.

Postzygotic

Referring to events that occur after the formation of a zygote, affecting hybrid viability or fertility.

Phyletic Gradualism

Phyletic gradualism is an evolutionary model proposing that species evolve through gradual changes of traits over long periods of time.

Punctuated Equilibrium

A theory in evolutionary biology that suggests species evolve rapidly during short periods of time followed by long periods of stasis.