RM Chpt 1

Question 1

Skepticism

Answer 1

Ideas must be evaluated on the basis of careful logic and results from scientific investigations

Question 2

Empiricism

Answer 2

Idea that knowledge is based on observations

Question 3

Falsifiability

Answer 3

Testable scientific ideas that can be falsified by data

Question 4

Peer Review

Answer 4

Process of evaluation of the research before it is published in a journal

Question 5

Pseudoscience

Answer 5

Fake science in which scientific terms and demonstrations are used to substantiate claims that have no basis in scientific research

Question 6

Temporal precedence

Answer 6

Temporal order of events in which the cause precedes the effect

Question 7

Covariation of cause and effect:

Answer 7

Effect occurs only in the presence of cause

Question 8

alternative explanations:

Answer 8

Nothing other than causal variable could be responsible for the observed effect

Question 9

Basic research

Answer 9

Attempts to answer fundamental questions about the nature of behavior
Theoretical issues concern basic phenomena
Typically conducted at universities

Question 10

Applied research

Answer 10

Conducted to address issues in which there are practical problems and potential solutions

Question 11

Program evaluation:

Answer 11

Assesses the social reforms and innovations