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

The mode of inquiry that is called the method of faith is a variant of which other method of inquiry?

The third step of the scientific method uses a general hypothesis to develop a testable predication. This step involves the use of ____.

One difference between a scientific answer and answers gained by other methods is that the scientific answer is more likely to be an absolute or final answer.

Publicly repeating a study by copying the methods exactly is referred to as ____.

Distinguish between science and pseudoscience.

What is meant by the saying, "science is empirical?"

In the scientific method, the process of forming a hypothesis means that you are trying to find a possible explanation for the phenomenon that you have observed.

A distinction between science and pseudoscience is that ____.

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

An explanation is empirical if it is based on ____.

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?

If the scientific method is being used to evaluate a hypothesis predicting a specific relationship between two variables, then it is essential that both variables can be measured.

You have a terrible toothache, so you visit a dentist to find out what is wrong with your tooth. This is an example of using the method of authority.

Which method of acquiring knowledge is being used when people make decisions based on instinct or hunches?

Which of the following statements accurately describes the scientific method?

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

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

Tiffany is researching methods used to treat autism spectrum disorders and begins by searching on the Internet. Which statement should make her suspicious that she is on a site rooted in pseudoscience?

Dallas is using the rational method when, upon seeing that birds eating certain berries do not die, concludes that the berries are not poisonous.

How do quantitative research and qualitative research differ?