Question 1

A good hypothesis should make a statement about the existence of a relationship,a difference,or a treatment effect.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

A person who buys a lottery ticket because s/he just feels lucky is using the method of ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​empiricism
B)  ​faith
C)  tenacity
D)  ​intuitionE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

In the scientific method,a prediction is evaluated by ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​making systematic, planned observations
B)  ​determining the hypothesis of best fit
C)  logically evaluating the implications
D)  ​using it to explain established phenomenaE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

Finding information in a textbook is an example of using the rational method of inquiry.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

A patient who demands a second opinion before agreeing to surgery is double checking information obtained by the ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​method of authority
B)  ​rational method
C)  empirical method
D)  ​method of intuitionE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

Part of the scientific method involves using a hypothesis to make predictions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

A football player who knows that his performance will be better if he wears his lucky shirt is using the method of faith.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Distinguish between induction and deduction and describe how each is used in the scientific method.

Accepted Answer

​Induction involves using a few specific...

Question 9

To find out whether it really is cold enough to make your tongue stick to a metal flagpole,you press your tongue against a metal flagpole.This is an example of using the empirical method.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Lowell is very concerned about his grandmother,who has recently been diagnosed with dementia.He wants to learn more about it,and checks out the jacket quotes on some currently popular books.Which quote should reassure him that the book is based in science rather than pseudoscience?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​"This book saved my wife from a lonely death in a nursing home!"
B)  ​"Big Pharma does not want you to know about curing dementia!"
C)  "From laboratory research to clinical trials: evaluating the treatment of dementia."
D)  ​"Find out what REALLY causes dementia and why health agencies do not care."E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Identify the basic steps in the scientific method and describe how the scientific method is used to answer questions such as,"Why are some marriages successful and others are not?"

Accepted Answer

​After observing that some marriages are...

Question 12

A researcher conducts a study in which 50 college students are assigned to different treatments and tested.In the study,the students are called ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​associates
B)  ​cohorts
C)  participants
D)  ​subjectsE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

Visual illusions,such as the vertical/horizontal illusion,provide a demonstration of one problem with the ____ method of knowing or acquiring knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​rational
B)  ​authority
C)  empirical
D)  ​scientificE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

Which of the following is the best description of the scientific method?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​a circular process that leads to a final answer
B)  ​a linear process that moves directly to a final answer
C)  a circular process that leads to a tentative answer
D)  ​a linear process that leads to a tentative answerE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

What kind of reasoning uses a few specific observations to produce a statement about a larger possible set of observations?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​inductive
B)  ​deductive
C)  scientific
D)  ​predictiveE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Describe a problem that can arise when you are trying to obtain information using only the method of authority.How is this problem avoided in the scientific method?

Accepted Answer

​Potential problems with the method of a...

Question 17

Clinton is using the empirical method when he decides to eat a handful of berries to see if they are poisonous.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Pseudoscience is based on ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​testable hypotheses
B)  ​objective evidence
C)  subjective evidence
D)  ​refutable hypothesesE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 19

What is a potential problem with the method of authority?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​A person may claim to be an expert when he or she really is not.
B)  ​An "expert" answer may be only a personal, subjective opinion.
C)  An expert may be giving answers outside his or her area of expertise.
D)  ​The other three choices are all potential problems.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 20

In the scientific method,the actual research study is not done until after the researcher has formed a hypothesis and made a specific prediction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: Introduction, Acquiring Knowledge, and the Scientific Method.

A patient who demands a second opinion before agreeing to surgery is double checking information obtained by the ____.

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Describe a problem that can arise when you are trying to obtain information using only the method of authority.How is this problem avoided in the scientific method?

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What is a potential problem with the method of authority?

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Lowell is very concerned about his grandmother,who has recently been diagnosed with dementia.He wants to learn more about it,and checks out the jacket quotes on some currently popular books.Which quote should reassure him that the book is based in science rather than pseudoscience?

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A football player who knows that his performance will be better if he wears his lucky shirt is using the method of faith.

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A good hypothesis should make a statement about the existence of a relationship,a difference,or a treatment effect.

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Finding information in a textbook is an example of using the rational method of inquiry.

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Part of the scientific method involves using a hypothesis to make predictions.

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What kind of reasoning uses a few specific observations to produce a statement about a larger possible set of observations?

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Clinton is using the empirical method when he decides to eat a handful of berries to see if they are poisonous.

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To find out whether it really is cold enough to make your tongue stick to a metal flagpole,you press your tongue against a metal flagpole.This is an example of using the empirical method.

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Identify the basic steps in the scientific method and describe how the scientific method is used to answer questions such as,"Why are some marriages successful and others are not?"

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A person who buys a lottery ticket because s/he just feels lucky is using the method of ____.

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Which of the following is the best description of the scientific method?

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A researcher conducts a study in which 50 college students are assigned to different treatments and tested.In the study,the students are called ____.

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In the scientific method,the actual research study is not done until after the researcher has formed a hypothesis and made a specific prediction.

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Pseudoscience is based on ____.

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Distinguish between induction and deduction and describe how each is used in the scientific method.

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In the scientific method,a prediction is evaluated by ____.​

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Visual illusions,such as the vertical/horizontal illusion,provide a demonstration of one problem with the ____ method of knowing or acquiring knowledge.

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