An Important Point from the Authors' Discussion on Why People

question 8

Multiple Choice

An important point from the authors' discussion on why people need to care about the dangers of pseudoscience is that

• A)harm rarely results from pseudoscientific beliefs or treatments.
• B)a lack of critical thinking may lead to poor decisions that affect one's personal life,community,and/or one's child's schooling.
• C)quackery and pseudoscience are especially easy to detect without exposure to critical thinking or skepticism.
• D)people are often quite accurate and unbiased in their day-to-day decision making.

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Definitions:

Hippocampus

A region of the brain crucial for learning and memory, particularly in forming new memories and connecting emotions and senses to these memories.

Frontal Lobes

Regions of the brain located at the front part of the cerebral cortex, involved in decision making, problem solving, and control of behavior and emotions.

Memory Consolidation

The process by which short-term memories are transformed into long-term memories, making them stable over time.

Priming

The activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one’s perception, memory, or response.