Using scientific knowledge to help people shape their own goals and efficiently use
their resources to accomplish them achieves which primary objective of science?
a. description c. remediation
b. explanation d. control
D
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Suppose that an English teacher tells you that she thinks it is ridiculous to try to avoid using forms like "man" to refer to both males and females. Your most informed response would be:
a. "You're right, because people now understand that man actually includes both men and women.". b. "You're right, because people don't even notice the difference between a term like man and a gender-neutral term like person.". c. "You're right, because research has shown that it is extremely difficult to teach people to use gender-neutral terms.". d. "You're wrong, because masculine-generic terms actually encourage people to think about males, rather than females.".
_____ involves holding onto previous assumptions and beliefs about the world, whereas _____ involves basing believes on objective observations of the world.
A) Methodology; empiricism B) Dogmatism; empiricism C) Empiricism; dogmatism D) Empiricism; methodology
Compared with early examples of Homo erectus, modern humans have a. much larger brains
b. smaller brains. c. brains that are about the same size. d. more convoluted brains.
The knowledge needed for addressing a problem includes mentally representing the ______ and ______ states, the rules or constraints, and the allowable operations to solve the problem.
A. current; goal B. future; goal C. past; current D. past; future