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121) Pseudoscientific treatments such as ___________________ may cause more harm than good, and can even lead to death as in the Candace Newmaker case. a. neurolinguistic programming b. rebirthing therapy c. thought field therapy d. primal scream therapy 122) According to the authors, a skeptic is someone who a. considers the available evidence carefully. b. seeks out evidence that is inconsistent with a theory he or she doesn’t believe in. c. is close-minded when evaluating evidence. d. dismisses any evidence that contradicts his or her beliefs. 123) According to the authors, someone who considers the available evidence carefully is called a a. skeptic. b. cynic. c. rationalist. d. empiricist. 124) Dr. Wolpe designs an experimental test of his theory of aggression against a competing theory. After conducting the appropriate statistical tests, he finds that the data are better explained by the competing theory. His willingness to accept the evidence that another theory is superior is a characteristic of a. pathological skepticism. b. dogmatism. c. scientific skepticism. d. gullibility. 125) Scientific skepticism demands that we ______ evidence that another theory is ______. a. accept; inferior b. reject; inferior c. accept; superior d. reject; superior 126) A skeptic is one who a. accepts claims on the basis of supportive scientific evidence. b. accepts claims only from trusted authority figures. c. accepts claims only on the basis of their popularity with the public. d. accepts claims only on the basis of logical reasoning. 127) Someone who accepts claims on the basis of supportive scientific evidence is a a. skeptic. b. cynic. c. rationalist. d. empiricist. 128) Thinking skeptically requires that one rely on a. subjective conclusions. b. objective evidence. c. the popularity of an idea. d. opinions of authorities. 129) Scientific skepticism encourages us to accept claims on the basis of ______________ and not on _____________. a. the evidence; an authority figure’s endorsement. b. unfalsifiable evidence; rival hypotheses. c. the disconfirmation bias; the confirmation bias. d. Occam’s razor; Oberg’s dictum. 130) All of the following are enemies of scientific skepticism except a. reliance on authority. b. narrow-mindedness. c. dogmatic belief. d. critical thinking.