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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does methodological rule differ?

2. What is the reproducible effect which refutes a theory?

3. What does Popper think about statements in which individuals names do not occur?

4. What does Menger say about definitions?

5. What types of statements have no logical justification in which to draw conclusions?

Short Essay Questions

1. Popper states that scientific statements cannot be conclusively disproved. If this is the case what can be determined with these statements?

2. What is the task of the logic of scientific discovery?

3. What are the two conditions that must be met for a statement to be falsifiable?

4. What must be assumed to justify a universal statement?

5. How do methodological rules differ from logical or deductive rules?

6. What must an experimenter do in order to test a theory?

7. How is causality related to tautological arguments?

8. What are three characteristics of theories?

9. Why does Popper state that observability is not psychological?

10. What does Popper say about the blind acceptance of auxiliary hypothesis?

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