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Chapter 1 – Philosophy of Science: An Introduction j j j j j j j




1. Whyare ssnatural sssciences ssalso ssreferred ssto ssas ss“pure” sssciences?
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A. Theyjarejconsideredjstand-alonejbodiesjofjuniquejknowledge.
B. Theyssare ssthe ssonlysciences ssto sswhich ssthe ssscientific ssmethod sscan ssbe ssapplied.
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C. Theyssare ssthe ssoriginal sssciences ssupon sswhich ssall ssothers ssare ssbased.
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D. They ssare ssnot ssaffected ssby sssubjectivityssin ssthe sswayssother sssciences ssare.
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Ans: A

2. Whichssis ssnot ssan ssexamplessof ssan ssapplied ssscience ssas ssused ssin sshealth sscare sstoday?
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A. Social sswork xx



B. Psychotherapy
C. Examination ssof sscare ssdisparities xx xx xx



D. Pathology

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3. Roberta ssfirmly ssbelieves ssthat ssindividual ssexperiences ssare ssthe sssource ssof ssall
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ssknowledge ssin ssthe ssworld. ssAs ssa ssscientist, ssshe ssacknowledges ssher ssrole ssas
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ssa ssparticipant ssin ssthe ssexperiments ssshe
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performs ssand ssdoes ssconsider ssherself ssmerely ssa ssdisconnected ssobserver ssof
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ssphenomenon. ssRoberta’s
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D. SoftScience

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4. What ssis ssthe ssultimate ssgoal ssof ssthe ssscientific ssmethod?
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A. Application ssof ssscientific ssresults ssto ssa ssrelated ssbody ssof ssknowledge ssin
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ssorder ssto ssmeet sssome sstype ssof sshuman ssneed.
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B. Examination ssofssthe ssdecisions ssmade ssbyssa ssscientist ssto ssunderstand
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ssthe ssways ssin sswhich sssubjectivity sswas ssintroduced ssto ssthe
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ssexperiment.
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C.
D. Improvingthesssituation ssorssprocess ssused ssin ssthe ssexperiment ssto ssyield ssmore ssaccurate ssresults
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inssrepeatexperiments.
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ssAns: C
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5. Which ssofssthe ssfollowing ssbest ssdescribes ssthe ssaim ssof ssnatural sssciences?
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