Chapter 10 Self-Assessment

Generally eyewitness testimony pertaining to paranormal phenomena is

reliable.

scarce.

unreliable.

valid.

Hypotheses are

generated through induction.

created just as works of art are created.

created by a rote process.

generated through deduction.

Modus tollens represents

a particular scientific method.

test implications.

the logic of hypothesis testing.

a flawed experiment.

In scientific research, no hypothesis can be

tested indirectly.

disconfirmed.

tested outside the laboratory.

conclusively confirmed.

Maintaining a hypothesis in the face of mounting negative evidence is

unreasonable.

usually reasonable.

acceptable.

reasonable.

Generally, nonintervention studies

can establish cause-and-effect relationships.

are definitive.

cannot establish cause-and-effect relationships.

are rarely done

Creationism and evolution are both

true.

theories.

false.

untestable.

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

consistency.

scientific procedure.

conservatism.

testability.

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

creationism."

evolution."

a universal flood."

a creator."

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

paranormal.

incoherent.

logical.

scientific.

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

TRUE

FALSE

Scientific hypotheses are derived inductively.

TRUE

FALSE

Hypotheses cannot be conclusively confirmed.

TRUE

FALSE

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

TRUE

FALSE

Evolution has yielded some novel predictions.

TRUE

FALSE

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

TRUE

FALSE

Scientists sometimes test weird theories.

TRUE

FALSE

Science is infallible.

TRUE

FALSE

Science is synonymous with technology.

TRUE

FALSE

Some things that are logically possible are physically impossible.

TRUE

FALSE

Some things that are logically possible are physically impossible.

TRUE

FALSE