Professional Skepticism Is Best Described As

question 40

Multiple Choice

Professional skepticism is best described as:

• A)an intent to deceive.
• B)an attitude of intrusion and obstinacy.
• C)a character that does not waver.
• D)a questioning mind.

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Definitions:

Distinctive

Having a quality or characteristic that makes something easily identifiable and sets it apart from others.

Mood-dependent Memory Effect

The phenomenon where an individual's current mood affects the recall of memories congruent with that mood.

State-Dependent Learning

The phenomenon that recall is easier when the pharmacological state of the person at recall matches his or her pharmacological state during encoding.

Retrieval Processes

The cognitive operations involved in bringing stored information back into consciousness or into active use.