Chapter 10 Self-Assessment

. Generally eyewitness testimony pertaining to paranormal phenomena is

reliable. correct incorrect

scarce. correct incorrect

unreliable. correct incorrect

valid. correct incorrect

. Hypotheses are

generated through induction. correct incorrect

created just as works of art are created. correct incorrect

created by a rote process. correct incorrect

generated through deduction. correct incorrect

. Modus tollens represents

a particular scientific method. correct incorrect

test implications. correct incorrect

the logic of hypothesis testing. correct incorrect

a flawed experiment. correct incorrect

. In scientific research, no hypothesis can be

tested indirectly. correct incorrect

disconfirmed. correct incorrect

tested outside the laboratory. correct incorrect

conclusively confirmed. correct incorrect

. Maintaining a hypothesis in the face of mounting negative evidence is

unreasonable. correct incorrect

usually reasonable. correct incorrect

acceptable. correct incorrect

reasonable. correct incorrect

. Generally, nonintervention studies

can establish cause-and-effect relationships. correct incorrect

are definitive. correct incorrect

cannot establish cause-and-effect relationships. correct incorrect

are rarely done correct incorrect

. Creationism and evolution are both

true. correct incorrect

theories. correct incorrect

false. correct incorrect

untestable. correct incorrect

. On the issue of a geology-transforming universal flood, creationism fails the criterion of

consistency. correct incorrect

scientific procedure. correct incorrect

conservatism. correct incorrect

testability. correct incorrect

. Dobzhansky asserted that "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of

creationism." correct incorrect

evolution." correct incorrect

a universal flood." correct incorrect

a creator." correct incorrect

. When people cannot think of a natural explanation for an extraordinary experience, they often conclude that the explanation must be

paranormal. correct incorrect

incoherent. correct incorrect

logical. correct incorrect

scientific. correct incorrect

. The last step in the scientific method is to accept or reject the hypothesis.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

. Scientific hypotheses are derived inductively.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

. Hypotheses cannot be conclusively confirmed.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

. Ultimately, scientists accepted the Copernican model over Ptolemy's because of its endorsement by the Vatican.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

. Evolution has yielded some novel predictions.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

. According to the text, no one has ever seen evolution.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

. Scientists sometimes test weird theories.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

. Science is infallible.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

. Science is synonymous with technology.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

. Some things that are logically possible are physically impossible.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

. Some things that are logically possible are physically impossible.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect