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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of reasoning does Popper deny exists?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Inductive.
(c) Testable.
(d) Deductive.

2. What type of statement is deduced from universal statements?
(a) Assumed.
(b) Logical.
(c) Singular.
(d) True.

3. What does Popper think about statements in which individuals names do not occur?
(a) They are not logical.
(b) They are tautological.
(c) They are logical.
(d) They are metaphysical.

4. What type of rule do positivists and reductionists adhere to, according to Popper?
(a) Dogmatic rules.
(b) Logical rules.
(c) Non-logical rules.
(d) Rules of Psychology.

5. What holds the fate of a theory?
(a) Other theories.
(b) Decisions.
(c) Justifications.
(d) Point of view.

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

7. What ties down fundamental ideas?
(a) Conventions.
(b) Contradictions.
(c) Rules.
(d) Constructs.

8. The success of a theory is base on what comparison?
(a) To other theories.
(b) To the experimental justification.
(c) To the singular statements.
(d) To the scientist's point of view.

9. What does Popper states the "game of science" is?
(a) An ultimate truth.
(b) A principle.
(c) A concept.
(d) A farce.

10. What helps to realign or redefine accepted theory?
(a) Positive justification.
(b) Deductive consequences.
(c) Falsification feedback.
(d) Positive theory results.

11. What types of statements have no logical justification in which to draw conclusions?
(a) Circular.
(b) Singular.
(c) Logical.
(d) Inferential.

12. What is a precondition for rational consideration?
(a) Subjectivity.
(b) Justification.
(c) Falsification.
(d) Objectivity.

13. What type of reasoning, according to Popper, is not rational?
(a) Testable.
(b) Deductive.
(c) Inductive.
(d) Scientific.

14. What does Popper give credit to conventionalism for doing?
(a) Blind acceptance of logic.
(b) Offering differing opinions.
(c) Adapting to varying conditions.
(d) Linking theory to experiment.

15. What does Popper suggest is the result of using logic to justify a statement?
(a) More problems.
(b) A loop that logic cannot escape.
(c) A solution.
(d) Theories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the theory of theories?

2. How do conventionalists view Poppers beliefs on the underpinnings of new discoveries?

3. For what purpose are methodological rules developed?

4. What challenges Poppers use of falsification as criteria in deciding is a theoretical system is empirical?

5. What does Popper say about positivism?

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