Which of the Following Is the Best Example of Fifth-Stage

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best example of fifth-stage thinking?

• A)Josh evaluates the assumptions of those who favor and those who oppose the death penalty and finds both arguments unconvincing.
• B)Trevor solves a complicated equation in abstract mathematics.
• C)Carrie listens with great empathy and concern to her counseling client.
• D)Kendra learns about several different religions,finds all of them internally consistent and appealing in some ways.

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Definitions:

Analogue Study

Research conducted in controlled conditions that simulates real-life scenarios to explore hypotheses about behavior or phenomena.

Learned Helplessness

A situation in which an individual is afflicted with a feeling of incapacity, originating from a significant trauma or consistent failure to accomplish goals.

Epidemiological

Pertaining to the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specific populations, and the application of this study to control health problems.

Single-subject Experiment

A research design in which the subject serves as their own control, allowing researchers to observe effects before, during, and after the manipulation of an independent variable.