The second step in the scientific method is to ____
a. collect data to test the hypothesis
b. identify a question of scientific interest
c. form a hypothesis
d. choose a research method and a research design
C
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Despite differences among epidemiological surveys in samples, methods, and definitions of mental disorders, what is one common finding concerning mood disorders?
a. Bipolar disorder occurs in fewer people than major depressive disorder. b. Dysthymic disorder is the most common form of mood disorder. c. Mood disorders are the most common form of mental disorders. d. Bipolar and depressive disorders are equally common in the general population.
Noam Chomsky proposed that
A. humans are genetically programmed to acquire and use language. B. language is learned through the mechanism of reinforcement. C. as children learn language, they produce only sentences they have heard before. D. the underlying basis of language is different across cultures.
Children with Down syndrome are generally:
antisocial. so mentally retarded that they need to live in an institution. deaf. slower to develop mentally than other children.
During the Enlightenment, thinkers in all areas—science, politics, and the arts—were skeptical about ____
a. the idea that God is an unknowable entity b. earlier claims that religion and metaphysics are the sources of knowledge c. the validity of the heliocentric model of the universe d. the benefits of empiricist philosophies