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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens if there is on falsifiable information?
(a) Conventionalism is proven.
(b) Learning occurs.
(c) Experiments fail.
(d) Learning does not occur.

2. What types of statements are scientific theories?
(a) Logical.
(b) Singular.
(c) Proven.
(d) Universal.

3. For a theory to be falsifiable, what must it prohibit?
(a) Conventionalism.
(b) Previous theories.
(c) At least one occurrence.
(d) Logic.

4. What allows for considerations of whether a theory is falsifiable?
(a) Theories.
(b) Potential falsifiers.
(c) Basic statements.
(d) Universal statements.

5. According to conventionalism, what is required to make determinations of the natural world?
(a) Proofs.
(b) Theories.
(c) Inferences.
(d) Laws.

6. Who view natural science as a logical construction of nature?
(a) Experimenters.
(b) Theorists.
(c) Realists.
(d) Conventionalists.

7. According to Popper, what can't universals be reduced to?
(a) A class of experiences.
(b) Psychologism.
(c) Infinite regress.
(d) Dogmatism.

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

9. What refers to a term that does not need a definition but is learned through experience?
(a) Epistemological term.
(b) Advanced term.
(c) Existential term.
(d) Primitive term.

10. What depends on both universal and singular statements?
(a) Logical factors.
(b) Correlations.
(c) Causality.
(d) Abstract thought.

11. What must be identical to basic statements?
(a) Universal statements.
(b) Potential falsifiers.
(c) Theories.
(d) Singular statements.

12. What do the constructions of the laws of nature determine?
(a) The value of science.
(b) The falsifiability of a theory.
(c) The truth of a theory.
(d) The properties of the natural world.

13. What should the rules of epistemology adhere to?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Scientific theory.
(c) Demarcation.
(d) Logic.

14. What is one approach to knowledge considered by Popper?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Purposive.
(c) Inductive.
(d) Accidental.

15. What does Popper do if proof for a statement can not be found?
(a) Suspends judgment.
(b) Retests.
(c) Denies the statement.
(d) Makes assumptions to better prove the statement.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what purpose are methodological rules developed?

3. What comprises empirical science?

4. What does Popper feel is a fruitless exercise?

5. What can observation do for science?

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