Use the puzzle analogy given in the book to explain the distinction between a hypothesis and a theory.
What will be an ideal response?
Using the puzzle analogy, we begin with scattered pieces and "guessing" which pieces fit where. Each attempt to place puzzle pieces together is like an attempt to test a hypothesis. A pattern emerges as we start to put the pieces together, similar to how we develop a theory based on the observations we make. In this way, the strategies we use to complete a puzzle are like the hypotheses and theories that researchers state.
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Which of the following statements would be considered an example of cultural continuity?
a. Young children learn skills related to food preparation and remain involved in food preparation as adults. b. Children are permitted to express emotions up to age 10; after age 10, they have to hide their feelings. c. Only children who have gone through a rite of passage can enter a certain holy place. d. Mothers and daughters dress in different colors at a funeral to depict social status.
Wanda is in search of fabric so that she can make some curtains for her bedroom. She's moving in on Friday and needs to have the curtains made by then. This is an example of which of the following?
a. an ill-defined problem b. a heuristic c. an algorithm d. a well-defined problem
After receiving damage to her temporal lobe, Pilar believes that her husband and her son have been replaced with imposters. Her doctor surmises that she has a disconnect between brain areas that recognize faces and those that give a sense of familiarity. Her false beliefs are known as
A. Korsakoff's psychosis. B. Wada's hemiparesis. C. Broca's aphasia. D. Capgras syndrome.
Tommaso recently had a tumor removed from his left kidney, and as a result he sustained some damage to an adrenal gland. Because Tommaso knows the adrenal glands secrete corticosteroids, one of the first question he asks his doctor is:
A. Am I going to have enough energy to fight if I find myself in a threatening situation? B. Am I going to be able to recognize when I am in a threatening situation? C. Am I going to have trouble calming down after a threatening stressor has passed? D. Am I going to have higher blood pressure all the time now?