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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 4, Falsifiability.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must be maintained in at each level of the experimental process?
(a) Systems of theories.
(b) Integrity of testability.
(c) Auxiliary hypotheses.
(d) Methods.

2. In order to be true statements of science, what characteristic must these statements have?
(a) They are proven.
(b) They are logical.
(c) They are objectively testable.
(d) They have been tested.

3. How are theories used to explain the world?
(a) As concrete fact.
(b) By questioning everything.
(c) As abstract thought.
(d) As guides.

4. What does Popper feel is the result of adopting conditions to a hypothesis?
(a) It will lead to positive outcomes.
(b) It will verify any phenomena under investigation.
(c) It guards against conventionalism.
(d) It supports conventionalism.

5. To what does Popper equate critical thinking?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Inductive thinking.
(c) Deductive thinking.
(d) Rational attitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the boundaries of conditions?

2. What should guide the methods of testing scientific statements?

3. What confuses the distinction between universal and individual names?

4. What does the principle of causality say about all events?

5. What should the rules of epistemology adhere to?

(see the answer key)

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