Ecological terms like "invasive species" invoke human cultural standards like belonging, citizenship, fair play, and ...

shunhe on July 6, 2020

Hi @avif,

Thanks for the question! So let’s take a look at the stimulus first. We’re told that applying some terms like “invasive species” brings along certain connotations, which could influence and bias ecologists’ opinions of those organisms. So ecologists shouldn’t use those terms.

So basically, what’s the principle being illustrated here? Well, there’s words that bring along certain meanings and subtexts that we might not want. And using them might cause bias. So we shouldn’t use the words. So we’re looking for something along these lines.

Now take a look at (D). We have some psychological terms being used by software developers, which will bring in some certain meanings and subtexts from psychology. And using these might cause bias (by influencing their expectations about how programs will handle unanticipated inputs). So they shouldn’t use them. This matches the principle in the stimulus, and so (D) is the correct answer.

Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any other questions that you might have.

avif on July 7, 2020

Thanks.

shunhe on July 7, 2020

You're welcome!