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Test 1-3 UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Test 1 - Correct Answer- ...
What is science? - Correct Answer- The systematic study of the natural world through
observation and experiment
What is pseudoscience? - Correct Answer- A claim, belief or practice which is presented as
scientific, but which does not follow the scientific method
Induction - Correct Answer- Reaching a general conclusion from particular observations
What constitutes a red flag indicating possible pseudoscience at work - Correct Answer- 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: - Correct Answer- 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? - Correct Answer- By testing
different hypotheses he eventually arrived at the correct diagnosis
This hominin was recently discovered in Rising Star cave in South Africa - Correct Answer-
Homo naledi
According to Kida, which IS NOT one of the six mistakes we make in our thought processes?
- Correct Answer- We are overly objective
,Conservative voters watching Fox News is an example of which Kida mistake in our
thinking? - Correct Answer- We seek to confirm
What is a hoax? - Correct Answer- A deliberate deception masquerading as the truth
What is epistemology? - Correct Answer- The study of knowledge (how we know what we
know)
What is Occam's Razor? - Correct Answer- The answer requiring the fewest assumptions is
probably the correct one
Which is a motivation for a hoax? - Correct Answer- 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 - Correct
Answer- Shinichi Fujimura
The original motivation for the Cardiff Giant hoax was - Correct Answer- 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 - Correct Answer- A pseudo-scientific
presentation of the data
Characteristics of thinking like a scientist include - Correct Answer- Make sure a claim can
be tested and consider alternative explanations
What is not a concept of Darwin's Theory of Evolution? - Correct Answer- survival of the
strongest
, According to Feder, what makes for a successful hoax? - Correct Answer- 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? - Correct
Answer- 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? - Correct
Answer- a skeptic
The synthetic theory of evolution is - Correct Answer- combining Darwin's evolutionary
ideas with Mendel's genetics
The Piltdown hoax - Correct Answer- 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 - Correct Answer- Harry Houdini
The Piltdown fossil was originally classified as - Correct Answer- Eoanthropus dawsoni
The original Dare Stone was a message for John White, inscribed on a rock, by - Correct
Answer- Eleanor Dare
Where was the first, and possibly authentic, Dare Stone found? - Correct Answer- By the
Chowan River near Edenton
Perception is - Correct Answer- An interpretation of what we see
Affected by the context in which it occurs
Test 1-3 UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Test 1 - Correct Answer- ...
What is science? - Correct Answer- The systematic study of the natural world through
observation and experiment
What is pseudoscience? - Correct Answer- A claim, belief or practice which is presented as
scientific, but which does not follow the scientific method
Induction - Correct Answer- Reaching a general conclusion from particular observations
What constitutes a red flag indicating possible pseudoscience at work - Correct Answer- 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: - Correct Answer- 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? - Correct Answer- By testing
different hypotheses he eventually arrived at the correct diagnosis
This hominin was recently discovered in Rising Star cave in South Africa - Correct Answer-
Homo naledi
According to Kida, which IS NOT one of the six mistakes we make in our thought processes?
- Correct Answer- We are overly objective
,Conservative voters watching Fox News is an example of which Kida mistake in our
thinking? - Correct Answer- We seek to confirm
What is a hoax? - Correct Answer- A deliberate deception masquerading as the truth
What is epistemology? - Correct Answer- The study of knowledge (how we know what we
know)
What is Occam's Razor? - Correct Answer- The answer requiring the fewest assumptions is
probably the correct one
Which is a motivation for a hoax? - Correct Answer- 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 - Correct
Answer- Shinichi Fujimura
The original motivation for the Cardiff Giant hoax was - Correct Answer- 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 - Correct Answer- A pseudo-scientific
presentation of the data
Characteristics of thinking like a scientist include - Correct Answer- Make sure a claim can
be tested and consider alternative explanations
What is not a concept of Darwin's Theory of Evolution? - Correct Answer- survival of the
strongest
, According to Feder, what makes for a successful hoax? - Correct Answer- 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? - Correct
Answer- 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? - Correct
Answer- a skeptic
The synthetic theory of evolution is - Correct Answer- combining Darwin's evolutionary
ideas with Mendel's genetics
The Piltdown hoax - Correct Answer- 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 - Correct Answer- Harry Houdini
The Piltdown fossil was originally classified as - Correct Answer- Eoanthropus dawsoni
The original Dare Stone was a message for John White, inscribed on a rock, by - Correct
Answer- Eleanor Dare
Where was the first, and possibly authentic, Dare Stone found? - Correct Answer- By the
Chowan River near Edenton
Perception is - Correct Answer- An interpretation of what we see
Affected by the context in which it occurs
