Rosalie is hesitant to have her newborn son vaccinated. Rosalie has read a number of articles on social media claiming that vaccinations lead to a higher likelihood of food allergies, neurological disorders, and cancer. Rosalie does not take this information as truth and instead conducts her own exhaustive research regarding the impact of infant vaccinations on later development. Rosalie is engaging in which characteristic of a good scientist?

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Rosalie is demonstrating objectivity by not immediately accepting the claims she reads on social media and choosing to conduct her own thorough research to understand the impact of vaccinations. This approach is characteristic of objectivity, where personal feelings or biases are set aside in favor of gathering and evaluating evidence.

Rosalie Is Hesitant to Have Her Newborn Son Vaccinated