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meagbuch

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If you decide that an argument is illogical because you don't want to accept its conclusions, your behavior is an example of which of the following?
 
  a) Belief bia
 b) Confirmation bias
 c) Invalid syllogism
 d) Faulty conditional reasoning.

Question 2

A researcher asks participants to complete a brief, trail making test at two time points, with 24 hours between testing. The researcher uses the same test for constancy at each assessment.
 
  At the posttest, participants' scores were significantly better. The researcher should consider the effect of
   a) practice effects
 b) maturation.
 c) history.
 d) nonreactive measures.



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pocatato

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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

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meagbuch

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


cassie_ragen

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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