Exam 14: Science and Superstition

Scientific hypotheses must be framed narrowly enough to be:

One of the features of superstitious hypotheses is:

In regard to levitation, Maharishi International University's International Center for Scientific Research has done which of the following?

One consequence of Ockham's razor is that:

The claim that eating pickled parsley cured Mr. Smith's congestive heart failure is called:

The claim that practitioners of transcendental meditation can levitate leads to:

The experiment by Bruner and Postman involving an altered deck of playing cards tends to prove that:

One of the reasons astrology is not considered a science is that:

According to Karl Popper, genuinely scientific hypotheses must be:

According to Thomas Kuhn, one feature that distinguishes scientists from pseudo scientists is that scientists are:

As a result of the application of Ockham's razor, naturalistic explanations are preferred to supernatural explanations because:

The effect by which people recognize images (such as faces or animals) in clouds or other media is called:

A cure that supposedly arises from a "medicine" or procedure having no therapeutic benefit is said to result from:

Modifications that are made to hypotheses to allow for unexpected or unfavorable pieces of evidence are called:

When astrological predictions fail to materialize, the community of astrologers typically responds by:

One of the reasons for the existence of superstitious beliefs is that:

Uri Geller's claims of having psychic power rested on:

Hypnagogic hallucinations may be the cause of:

Superstitious claims are usually expressed in vague language. As a result:

One source of support for superstitious hypotheses is: