PSYC 255 QUIZ 3 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS EXAM PREP
◉ 1. The method of tenacity is a nonscientific way of knowing.
Answer: True
◉ 2. A football player who knows that his performance will be better
if he wears his lucky shirt is using the method of faith. Answer: True
◉ 3. Finding information in a textbook would be an example of using
the rational method of inquiry. Answer: False
◉ 4. You know that birds and squirrels eat the mushrooms in your
backyard every day and you know that they are healthy. Based on
these two facts, you decide that the mushrooms are not poisonous.
This is an example of the rational method. Answer: True
◉ 5. You find some mushrooms growing in your backyard and want
to find out whether or not they are safe to eat, so you try eating a few
mushrooms and see what happens. This is an example of using the
empirical method of inquiry. Answer: True
◉ 6. To find out whether it really is cold enough to make your tongue
stick to a metal flagpole, you press your tongue against the flagpole.
This is an example of using the empirical method Answer: True
VERIFIED ANSWERS EXAM PREP
◉ 1. The method of tenacity is a nonscientific way of knowing.
Answer: True
◉ 2. A football player who knows that his performance will be better
if he wears his lucky shirt is using the method of faith. Answer: True
◉ 3. Finding information in a textbook would be an example of using
the rational method of inquiry. Answer: False
◉ 4. You know that birds and squirrels eat the mushrooms in your
backyard every day and you know that they are healthy. Based on
these two facts, you decide that the mushrooms are not poisonous.
This is an example of the rational method. Answer: True
◉ 5. You find some mushrooms growing in your backyard and want
to find out whether or not they are safe to eat, so you try eating a few
mushrooms and see what happens. This is an example of using the
empirical method of inquiry. Answer: True
◉ 6. To find out whether it really is cold enough to make your tongue
stick to a metal flagpole, you press your tongue against the flagpole.
This is an example of using the empirical method Answer: True
