What Defines a Pseudoscience

question 10

Multiple Choice

What defines a pseudoscience?

• A) a nonscientific behavioral explanation with no empirical support
• B) a science whose origins extend prior to the Renaissance
• C) a scientific framework with popular public support
• D) a scientific explanation that has not sufficiently matured to be recognized

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Definitions:

Longitudinal Study

Research design that involves repeated observations of the same variables (such as people) over short or long periods of time, often years or decades.

PTSD

Post-traumatic stress disorder, a mental health condition triggered by experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event, characterized by flashbacks, nightmares, and severe anxiety.

Practical Intelligence

A type of intelligence that involves the ability to solve everyday problems through the use of experience-based knowledge.

Analytical Intelligence

One aspect of a broader view of intelligence, focusing on the ability to analyze, evaluate, judge, compare and contrast.