Question

The ________ hypothesis refers to an escape hatch or a loophole that defenders of a theory or belief can use to insulate their belief from falsification.

a. ad hoc immunizing
b. confirmatory
c. representativeness
d. availability heuristic

Answer 1

a)

Step-by-step explanation:

Ad hoc immunizing, which is a hypothesis added to a theory in order to save it from being falsified. Some times is employed to compensate for anomalies not anticipated by the theory in its unmodified form