Describe how the rational method and the method of empiricism are both utilized as parts of the scientific method
What will be an ideal response?
The rational method is used to develop a hypothesis based on observations (inductive reasoning) and when the hypothesis is used to make predictions (deductive reasoning) that will be tested. The method of empiricism is used when scientists make systematic, planned observations to evaluate the predictions from their hypothesis.
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a) how language is used and understood in given social contexts. b) the arrangement of words. c) how words should sound in a given language. d) word forms and how words should be strung together to form meaningful utterances.
Which of the following is NOT usually a component of a major depressive episode?
a. Feelings of worthlessness b. Flight of ideas c. Altered sleep patterns d. Change in appetite
A splinter skill is said to exist when a ____
a. person's language ability is extraordinarily good but his or her motor and visual abilities are extremely poor b. child does very well on one or more isolated spatial and rote memory tasks but poorly on those requiring language c. person can develop a relationship with an inanimate object but not with a person d. child can retain information for only a short period of time
An experimenter conducts an experiment on the effects of a drug to control hallucinations. The experimenter declares the results to be "statistically significant," which means that
a. even though appropriate statistics were used, no differences could be detected between the experimental and control groups. b. the results have important implications for theory or practice. c. differences of this size between the experimental and control groups would occur by chance only five times out of 100 (or less). d. differences between the experimental and control groups were so large they could never occur by chance alone.