An Experiment Measures Participants' Performance in Judging Syllogisms

question 19

Multiple Choice

An experiment measures participants' performance in judging syllogisms. Two premises and a conclusion are presented as stimuli, and participants are asked to indicate (yes or no) if the conclusion logically follows from the premises. Error rates are then calculated for each syllogism. This experiment studies _________________ reasoning.

• A) deductive
• B) intuitive
• C) falsification
• D) inductive

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Definitions:

Continental Drift

The movement of the Earth’s crust by plate tectonics, resulting in the movement of continents with respect to one another.

Glossopteris

An extinct genus of seed fern that serves as evidence for the theory of continental drift and once thrived in the supercontinent Gondwana.

Archaeopteryx

An extinct genus of bird-like dinosaurs that is considered by many to be the earliest known bird, illustrating the transition between non-avian dinosaurs and birds.

Homologous Structures

Anatomical features in different species that share a common ancestral origin despite possibly serving different functions.