Question: Given the following premises: ~N ∨ H Q ⊃ ~(N ∨ H) ~(N ∨ Q) ⊃ (H ⊃ Q)
Answer Choices: a. Q ⊃ (~N • H), 2, DM b. H ⊃ Q, 3, Simp c. ~N ⊃ H, 1, 2, MT d. ~(N ∨ H) ⊃ Q, 2, 3, HS e. Q ∨ Q, 1, 3, CD
Answer: e. Q ∨ Q, 1, 3, CD
Question: Given the following premises: R ⊃ (E • D) R • ~G ~E ⊃ G
Answer Choices: a. ~G, 2, Simp b. E • D, 1, 2, MP c. ~E, 2, 3, MT d. R ⊃ (~G ∨ F), 2, Add e. E ∨ G, 3, Impl
Answer: d. R ⊃ (~G ∨ F), 2, Add
Question: Given the following premises: (L ⊃ M) • (F ⊃ J) M ⊃ (~F ∨ L) F ∨ L
Answer Choices: a. L ⊃ (~F ∨ L), 1, 2, HS b. M ∨ J, 1, 3, CD c. L ⊃ M, 1, Simp d. ~M, 2, 3, MT e. M ⊃ (~F ∨ ~L), 2, DM
Answer: c. L ⊃ M, 1, Simp
Question: The claim that eating pickled parsley cured Mr. Smith’s congestive heart failure is called:
Answer Choices: a. Supplementary evidence. b. Transitory evidence. c. Spurious evidence. d. Conditional evidence. e. Anecdotal evidence.
Answer: e. Anecdotal evidence.
Question: Which of the following is a key feature of scientific experiments?
Answer Choices: a. Dependability. b. Replicability. c. Efficaciousness. d. Directionality. e. Stability.
Answer: b. Replicability.
Question: One of the features of superstitious hypotheses is:
Answer Choices: a. Vagueness. b. Falsifiability. c. Supernormality. d. Confirmability. e. Dubiosity.
Answer: a. Vagueness.
Question: Ockham’s razor is a principle that requires hypotheses to be:
Answer Choices: a. Complex. b. Functional. c. Simple. d. Empirical. e. Rational.
Answer: c. Simple.
Question: To a large extent, the purpose of all superstitious hypotheses is to satisfy:
Answer Choices: a. Criminal inclinations. b. Innate curiosity. c. Financial needs. d. Emotional needs. e. Irrational dispositions.
Answer: d. Emotional needs.
Question: An apparent benefit derived from superstitious beliefs is:
Answer Choices: a. The ability to levitate. b. Psychokinesis. c. The ability to channel. d. Clairvoyance. e. Relief of anxiety.
Answer: e. Relief of anxiety.
Question: A cure that supposedly arises from a “medicine” or procedure having no therapeutic benefit is said to result from:
Answer Choices: a. The autokinetic effect. b. The medicinal effect. c. The placebo effect. d. The transmutational effect. e. The synthetic effect.
Answer: c. The placebo effect.
Question: The mental pattern that results from solving a puzzle or riddle is called:
Answer Choices: a. A gestalt. b. An epistemic stamp. c. A cognitive appliqué. d. An eidetic residue. e. A noetic profile.
Answer: a. A gestalt.
Question: The effect by which a small stationary light surrounded by darkness will be seen to move is called the:
Answer Choices: a. Psychokinetic effect. b. Spuriokinetic effect. c. Psychotic effect. d. Kinesthetic effect. e. Autokinetic effect.
Answer: e. Autokinetic effect.
Question: Hallucinations that affect the vision of people in a large crowd are called:
Answer Choices: a. Popular delusions. b. Collective hallucinations. c. Galvanic hallucinations. d. Amplified delusions. e. Spiritual visions.
Answer: b. Collective hallucinations.
Question: Uri Geller’s claims of having psychic power rested on:
Answer Choices: a. Superstitious evidence. b. Supernatural evidence. c. Transcendental evidence. d. Faked evidence. e. Epiphenomenal evidence.
Answer: d. Faked evidence.
Question: The ability of people to walk on glowing wood coals without getting burned is explained by the fact that:
Answer Choices: a. Wood coals contain a relatively low quantity of heat. b. Wood coals are extinguished by the moisture in people’s feet. c. Neurolinguistic programming blocks the transmission of heat. d. The temperature of wood coals is very low.
Answer: a. Wood coals contain a relatively low quantity of heat.
Question: One of the reasons anecdotal evidence is considered unreliable is that:
Answer Choices: a. It is often the result of hallucinations. b. People tend to lie about this kind of evidence. c. It is not replicable. d. Reports of anecdotal evidence are often vaguely worded. e. Subjects often report anecdotal evidence for emotional reasons.
Answer: c. It is not replicable.
Question: One of the problems about superstitions relating to good luck is that:
Answer Choices: a. Good luck can always be followed by bad luck. b. The concept of what good luck amounts to is vague. c. Good luck is always determined by fate. d. Good luck is only definable statistically. e. The occurrence of good luck can be explained scientifically.
Answer: b. The concept of what good luck amounts to is vague.
Question: Scientific hypotheses must be framed narrowly enough to be:
Answer Choices: a. Indemonstrable. b. Provable. c. Determinable. d. Rationalizable. e. Disconfirmable.
Answer: e. Disconfirmable.