Multiple Choice
At a freshman event to welcome new students to campus, an "expert" offers to read palms and give predictions about the future. The routine is very authentic-looking and entertaining, but there is no evidence that these predictions are anything more than guesses. Palmistry, therefore is an example of ________.
A) the third-variable problem
B) a pseudoscience
C) a double-blind situation
D) experimenter bias
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