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People Often Hold on Stubbornly to Their Misconceptions About the World

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People often hold on stubbornly to their misconceptions about the world. Three of the following are possible explanations as to why this might be so. Which statement is not a likely explanation for the resilience of misconceptions?


Definitions:

Peripheral Slowing Hypothesis

The theory that suggests that overall processing speed declines in the peripheral nervous system with increasing age.

Peripheral Nervous System

The part of the nervous system that consists of the nerves and ganglia outside of the brain and spinal cord, responsible for connecting the central nervous system to limbs and organs.

Lateralization

The process in which certain cognitive functions are located more in one hemisphere of the brain than in the other.

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