The naturalistic fallacy is
A) the belief that because something has a biological basis, it is natural and unchangeable.
B) another term for the logical positivist view on scientific knowledge.
C) the belief that the mean group score on a variable is characteristic of all members of the group.
D) the belief that the results of research conducted in laboratory settings automatically generalize to natural settings.

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The naturalistic fallacy refers to the belief that just because something has a biological or natural basis, it is therefore natural and unchangeable. This is a fallacy because even natural phenomena can be changed and influenced by human interventions, and not everything that is natural is inherently good or desirable.

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