An Irrefutable or Nonfalsifiable Claim

question 692

Multiple Choice

An irrefutable or nonfalsifiable claim:

• A) is supported by empirical evidence.
• B) cannot be disproved or tested in any meaningful way.
• C) results directly from applying critical thinking to pseudoscientific claims.
• D) can be attributed to a person's beliefs and expectations rather than to the actual independent variable.

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Definitions:

Flashbulb Memories

Highly detailed and vivid memories of specific, often emotionally charged, events that are retained for a long time.

Accuracy Over Time

The degree to which a measurement or calculation maintains its correctness or precision as time progresses.

Information-Processing Theories

Theories that liken human cognition to the workings of a computer, focusing on how information is encoded, stored, and retrieved.

Traditional Information-Processing

A cognitive approach that likens the mind to a computer, focusing on how information is processed, stored, and retrieved.