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1)When psychologists learned that hopeful parents of autistic children were being drawn to a program of “facilitated communication,” they: A)conducted a survey of all the facilitators working with autistic children. B)argued that it was not ethical to use this technique with children. C)conducted experiments involving autistic children and their facilitators. D)carefully analyzed the testimonials about the therapy before accepting it. 2)Research methods are important for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that they: A)are the basic foundation for psychology and other sciences. B)can help a person make a wiser decision between alternatives. C)provide the means for false claims to be verified. D)allow researchers to separate reliable information from unfounded claims. 3)Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons why research methods matter so much to psychologists? A)These methods allow psychologists to separate truth from unfounded belief. B)These methods allow psychologists to gain respect from the “hard” sciences. C)These methods allow psychologists to correct false ideas that might cause people harm. D)These methods allow psychologists to sort out conflicting views. 4)When the authors refer to psychologists as scientists, they mean that psychologists: A)wear white coats when they conduct animal research. B)rely upon sophisticated brain-imaging machines. C)work with complicated computers and laboratory equipment. D)base their work on scientific attitudes and procedures. 5)An organized system of assumptions and principles that purports to explain a specified set of phenomena and their interrelationships is called a/an: A)theory. B)hypothesis. C)double-blind study. D)operational definition. 6)A theory is: A)an organized system of assumptions and principles that attempts to explain some phenomenon. B)an opinion or idea about the causes of some phenomenon. C)a group of interrelated statements about cause and effect. D)a hunch about the causes of related phenomena. 7)Theory is defined as: A)a statement that attempts to predict a set of phenomena, and specifies relationships among variables that can be empirically tested. B)the precise meaning of a term, which specifies the operations for observing and measuring the process or phenomenon being investigated. C)the principle that a scientific theory must make predications that are specific enough to expose the theory to the possibility of disconfirmation. D)an organized system of assumptions and principles that purports to explain a specified set of phenomena and their interrelationships. 8)A scientific theory could be thought of as: A)an established truth. B)an organized system of assumptions. C)a measure of strength between two variables. D)a personal opinion. 9)Which of the following statements is true? A)Hypotheses are derived from theories, which, in turn, lead to testable predictions. B)Testable predictions derive from theories based on a set of hypotheses. C)Predictions are derived from theories, which lead to a set of hypotheses. D)Theories derive from hypotheses based on a set of predictions. 10)A statement that attempts to predict or to account for a set of phenomena is called a/an: A)hypothesis. B)theory. C)operational definition. D)double-blind study.