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When Your Best Friend Hears That You Are Taking a Psychology

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When your best friend hears that you are taking a psychology course,she asserts that psychology is simply common sense.Explain why your awareness of both the limits of everyday reasoning and the methods of psychological research would lead you to disagree with your friend's assertion.


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The influence possessed by an individual due to their expertise, skills, or knowledge in a specific area.

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