Scientific problems can only initially be identified by scientists.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

Scientific problems can be brought to the attention of scientists by anyone. For example, many scientists have been involved in attempting to discover the cause of declining bee populations, a problem first brought to attention by beekeepers rather than by scientists.

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What will be an ideal response?

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The three major Socratic philosophers are:

1. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. 2. Pythagoras, Anaxagoras, and Socrates. 3. Thales, Heraclitus, and Socrates. 4. Socrates, Diogenes, and Zeno.

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Johnson is hired by a company to see if a new product, Topocal, will cause hair to grow on the heads of bald men. He recruits one thousand bald men and randomly divides them into two groups: Five hundred men (group A) rub Topocal on their scalps each day; the other five hundred (group B) rub a standard skin lotion on their scalps each day. After two months, Johnson checks to see what the results have been. He finds that there has been hair growth in 7 percent of group A and in 2 percent of group B.If there is a control group here, it is

A. the bald men who participated in the study. B. bald men in general. C. there is no control group in this study. D. the men in group B. E. the men in group A.

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The determinist responds to the argument from deliberation by saying that

a. we never really deliberate between two actions. b. the feeling of deliberation occurs when we are caught between two conflicting desires. c. situations in which we deliberate are times when the will is not determined, but this represents only a small percent of human actions. d. determinism has no explanation for deliberation, but the opposing arguments for determinism are so strong, this libertarian argument need not be taken seriously.

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