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Chapter 10 Self-Assessment
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Generally eyewitness testimony pertaining to paranormal phenomena is
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scarce.
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unreliable.
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valid.
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Hypotheses are
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created just as works of art are created.
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created by a rote process.
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generated through deduction.
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Modus tollens represents
a particular scientific method.
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test implications.
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the logic of hypothesis testing.
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a flawed experiment.
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In scientific research, no hypothesis can be
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disconfirmed.
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tested outside the laboratory.
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conclusively confirmed.
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Maintaining a hypothesis in the face of mounting negative evidence is
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usually reasonable.
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acceptable.
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reasonable.
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Generally, nonintervention studies
can establish cause-and-effect relationships.
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are definitive.
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cannot establish cause-and-effect relationships.
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are rarely done
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Creationism and evolution are both
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theories.
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false.
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untestable.
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On the issue of a geology-transforming universal flood, creationism fails the criterion of
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scientific procedure.
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conservatism.
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testability.
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Dobzhansky asserted that "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of
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evolution."
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a universal flood."
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a creator."
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When people cannot think of a natural explanation for an extraordinary experience, they often conclude that the explanation must be
paranormal.
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incoherent.
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logical.
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scientific.
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The last step in the scientific method is to accept or reject the hypothesis.
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Scientific hypotheses are derived inductively.
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Hypotheses cannot be conclusively confirmed.
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Ultimately, scientists accepted the Copernican model over Ptolemy's because of its endorsement by the Vatican.
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Evolution has yielded some novel predictions.
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According to the text, no one has ever seen evolution.
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Scientists sometimes test weird theories.
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Science is infallible.
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Science is synonymous with technology.
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Some things that are logically possible are physically impossible.
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Some things that are logically possible are physically impossible.
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