Aliens, Atlantis and Archaeology Ewen ; Test 1-3 Latest
2023 with complete solution
Test 1
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What is science?
The systematic study of the natural world through observation and experiment
What is pseudoscience?
A claim, belief or practice which is presented as scientific, but which does not follow the
scientific method
Induction
Reaching a general conclusion from particular observations
What constitutes a red flag indicating possible pseudoscience at work
The claim will "rewrite history"
The claimant wants to "prove" their hypothesis
The claimant implies that mainstream scientists are withholding information
(All choices are correct)
In the Mysterious Origins of Man video the site of Tiwanaku in Bolivia was dated
at 10,000 BC on the basis of:
Archaeo-astronomy
In the Case of Childbed Fever in Feder's text, what was the outcome of Dr.
Semmelweis's investigation of the mystery of the differing mortality rates?
By testing different hypotheses he eventually arrived at the correct diagnosis
This hominin was recently discovered in Rising Star cave in South Africa
Homo naledi
According to Kida, which IS NOT one of the six mistakes we make in our thought
processes?
We are overly objective
Conservative voters watching Fox News is an example of which Kida mistake in
our thinking?
We seek to confirm
What is a hoax?
A deliberate deception masquerading as the truth
What is epistemology?
The study of knowledge (how we know what we know)
What is Occam's Razor?
The answer requiring the fewest assumptions is probably the correct one
Which is a motivation for a hoax?
To embarrass someone
Financial gain
Make a social statement
(All Choices are correct)
Known as "God's hand", this hoaxer fooled the archaeological establishment in
Japan with his planted finds that pushed back the earliest dates for that island's
Paleolithic period
, Shinichi Fujimura
The original motivation for the Cardiff Giant hoax was
To make a statement about the fallacy of using the Bible as literal history
The evidence presented for the fossilized finger from Glen Rose, Texas dating to
Cretaceous Era (110 million years ago) is an example of
A pseudo-scientific presentation of the data
Characteristics of thinking like a scientist include
Make sure a claim can be tested and consider alternative explanations
What is not a concept of Darwin's Theory of Evolution?
survival of the strongest
According to Feder, what makes for a successful hoax?
Give the people what they want
Don't be too successful
Learn from your mistakes
(All choices are correct)
Why are events happening by chance and coincidence so hard for people to
accept?
We believe everything happens for a reason
We have an innate desire to find patterns in our world
By understanding why something happens we believe we can control it
(All choices are correct)
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence is said by what type of
person?
a skeptic
The synthetic theory of evolution is
combining Darwin's evolutionary ideas with Mendel's genetics
The Piltdown hoax
was the deliberate fabrication of a fossil involving an ancient human cranium and a
modern ape jaw
Who IS NOT a suspect in the Piltdown hoax
Harry Houdini
The Piltdown fossil was originally classified as
Eoanthropus dawsoni
The original Dare Stone was a message for John White, inscribed on a rock, by
Eleanor Dare
Where was the first, and possibly authentic, Dare Stone found?
By the Chowan River near Edenton
Perception is
An interpretation of what we see
Affected by the context in which it occurs
Affected by our expectations
(All choices are correct)
According to Kida, what IS NOT a factor that can affect our perceptions?
ESP
The differential date between the jaw and cranium of the Piltdown fossil was
determined by
2023 with complete solution
Test 1
...
What is science?
The systematic study of the natural world through observation and experiment
What is pseudoscience?
A claim, belief or practice which is presented as scientific, but which does not follow the
scientific method
Induction
Reaching a general conclusion from particular observations
What constitutes a red flag indicating possible pseudoscience at work
The claim will "rewrite history"
The claimant wants to "prove" their hypothesis
The claimant implies that mainstream scientists are withholding information
(All choices are correct)
In the Mysterious Origins of Man video the site of Tiwanaku in Bolivia was dated
at 10,000 BC on the basis of:
Archaeo-astronomy
In the Case of Childbed Fever in Feder's text, what was the outcome of Dr.
Semmelweis's investigation of the mystery of the differing mortality rates?
By testing different hypotheses he eventually arrived at the correct diagnosis
This hominin was recently discovered in Rising Star cave in South Africa
Homo naledi
According to Kida, which IS NOT one of the six mistakes we make in our thought
processes?
We are overly objective
Conservative voters watching Fox News is an example of which Kida mistake in
our thinking?
We seek to confirm
What is a hoax?
A deliberate deception masquerading as the truth
What is epistemology?
The study of knowledge (how we know what we know)
What is Occam's Razor?
The answer requiring the fewest assumptions is probably the correct one
Which is a motivation for a hoax?
To embarrass someone
Financial gain
Make a social statement
(All Choices are correct)
Known as "God's hand", this hoaxer fooled the archaeological establishment in
Japan with his planted finds that pushed back the earliest dates for that island's
Paleolithic period
, Shinichi Fujimura
The original motivation for the Cardiff Giant hoax was
To make a statement about the fallacy of using the Bible as literal history
The evidence presented for the fossilized finger from Glen Rose, Texas dating to
Cretaceous Era (110 million years ago) is an example of
A pseudo-scientific presentation of the data
Characteristics of thinking like a scientist include
Make sure a claim can be tested and consider alternative explanations
What is not a concept of Darwin's Theory of Evolution?
survival of the strongest
According to Feder, what makes for a successful hoax?
Give the people what they want
Don't be too successful
Learn from your mistakes
(All choices are correct)
Why are events happening by chance and coincidence so hard for people to
accept?
We believe everything happens for a reason
We have an innate desire to find patterns in our world
By understanding why something happens we believe we can control it
(All choices are correct)
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence is said by what type of
person?
a skeptic
The synthetic theory of evolution is
combining Darwin's evolutionary ideas with Mendel's genetics
The Piltdown hoax
was the deliberate fabrication of a fossil involving an ancient human cranium and a
modern ape jaw
Who IS NOT a suspect in the Piltdown hoax
Harry Houdini
The Piltdown fossil was originally classified as
Eoanthropus dawsoni
The original Dare Stone was a message for John White, inscribed on a rock, by
Eleanor Dare
Where was the first, and possibly authentic, Dare Stone found?
By the Chowan River near Edenton
Perception is
An interpretation of what we see
Affected by the context in which it occurs
Affected by our expectations
(All choices are correct)
According to Kida, what IS NOT a factor that can affect our perceptions?
ESP
The differential date between the jaw and cranium of the Piltdown fossil was
determined by
