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Chapter 2 psych
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Scientific theories must always be stated in such a way that the predictions derived from them could potentially be shown to be _______________________. | False |
| A _______________________ in science is an interrelated set of concepts that is used to explain a _______________________ of _______________________ and to make predictions about the results of _______________________ _______________________. | Theory / Body of Data / future experiments |
| Hypotheses are _______________________ predictions that are derived from _______________________ | specified / theories |
| Good theories, then, make _______________________ that expose themselves to _______________________. Bad theories do not put themselves in jeopardy in this way | predictions / falsification |
| Science is a mechanism for continually challenging previously held _______________________ by subjecting them to _______________________ _______________________ in such a way that they can be shown to be _______________________. | beliefs / empirical tests / wrong |
| we all lose when we are surrounded by others who hold __________ views of __________ ___________. Our world is shaped by _________ __________ toward education, crime, health, industrial productivity, child care, and many other critical issues. | incorrect / human behavior / public attitudes |
| If these _______________________ are the products of _______________________ theories of behavior, then we are all _______________________. | attitudes / incorrect / harmed |
| We would all have many fewer _______________________ and _______________________ problems if we could only understand that, when our beliefs are _______________________ by _______________________ in the world | social & personal / contracdicted by evidence |
| it is better to _______________________ our beliefs than to _______________________ the evidence and cling tenaciously to _______________________ ideas. | adjust / deny/ dysfunctional |
| Many scientists have attested to the importance of understanding that making ________ in the course of science is________ and that the real danger to scientific progress is our natural_________ _________ to avoid exposing our beliefs to situations in whi | errors / normal/ human tendency / |
| The strength of science comes not because scientists are especially virtuous, but from a social process where scientists constantly _______________________-check each others’ knowledge and _____________ | cross check/ conclusions |
| Scientists are only uncertain at the ______ of knowledge – where our understanding is currently being advanced. Scientists are ______ uncertain about many facts that have been _________ __________ by __________ ____________ | fringes / not / well established/ replicable research |
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