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1. Whyvarevnaturalvsciencesvalsovreferredvtovasv“pure”vsciences?


A. Theyvarevconsideredvstand-alonevbodiesvofvuniquevknowledge.
B. Theyvarevthevonlyvsciencesvtovwhichvthevscientificvmethodvcanvbevapplied.
C. Theyvarevthevoriginalvsciencesvuponvwhichvallvothersvarevbased.
D. Theyvarevnotvaffectedvbyvsubjectivityvinvthevwayvothervsciencesvare.


Ans:v A


2. Whichvisvnotvanvexamplevofvanvappliedvsciencevasvusedvinvhealthvcarevtoday?


A. Socialvwork
B. Psychotherapy
C. Examinationvofvcarevdisparities
D. Pathologyv
Ans:v D
3. Robertavfirmlyvbelievesvthatvindividualvexperiencesvarevthevsourcevofvallvknowledgevinvthev
world.vAsvavscientist,vshevacknowledgesvhervrolevasvavparticipantvinvthevexperimentsvshevperfor
msvandvdoesvconsidervherselfvmerelyvavdisconnectedvobservervofvphenomenon.

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B. HumanvScience
C. AppliedvScience
D. SoftvSciencev
Ans:v B
4. Whatvisvthevultimatevgoalvofvthevscientificvmethod?


A. Applicationvofvscientificvresultsvtovavrelatedvbodyvofvknowledgevinvordervtovmeetvsomevt
ypevofvhumanvneed.
B. Examinationvofvthevdecisionsvmadevbyvavscientistvtovunderstandvthevwaysvinvwhichvs
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, ubjectivityvwasvintroducedvtovthevexperiment.
C. Reproduciblevexperimentalvresultsvthatvdovnotvtakevresearchervindividualityvintovaccount.
D. Improvingvthevsituationvorvprocessvusedvinvthevexperimentvtovyieldvmorevaccuratevresultsvi
nvrepeatvexperiments.


Ans:v C




5. Whichvofvthevfollowingvbestvdescribesvthevaimvofvnaturalvsciences?


A. Affirmationvofvthevimportancevofvculturalvunderstandingvbyvuncoveringvthevcommonvs
ubjectivevbiasesvofvdifferentvdisciplines.
B. Improvementvofvthevqualityvofvlifevbyvunderstandingvwhatvhelpsvpeoplevmaximizevtheirvf
unctionalvabilities.
C. Utilizationvofvknowledgevbyvapplyingvitvtovavspecificvpurposevinvordervtovbettervavsituationvo
rvchangevviewpoints.
D. Developmentvofvknowledgevforvthevsakevofvdevelopingvknowledge,vdiscoveringvtruth,vandvc
ontrollingvoutcomes.


Ans:v D


6. GretchenvandvPetervarevgraduatevstudentsvinvthevsamevPhysicsvlab.vTheirvsupervisorvhasvas
kedvbothvofvthemvtovperformvthevsamevexperimentvusingvthevsamevprocedurevandvequipment.
v Aftervthey’vevbothvcompletedvtheirvtask,vthevcomparevtheirvresultsvandvdiscovervthatvtheyvare
nearlyvidentical.vvWhichvofvthevfivevcriteriavforvsciencevdoesvGretchenvand
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Peter’svdiscoveryvexemplify?


A. Intersubjectivevtestability
B. Reliability
C. Definitenessvandvprecision
D. Coherence


Ans:v A

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, 7. Whichvstatementvdoesvnotvdescribevavgeneralvcharacteristicvofvphilosophy?


A. Thinkingvforvthevsakevofvthinking.
B. Utilizationvofvprocessvandvoutcome.
C. Demarcationvofvwholenessvandvholism.
D. Applicationvofvepistemologyvandvontology.


Ans:v C


8. Repetitivevpatternsvofvbehaviorvdictatedvbyvpastvexperiencesvisvanvexamplevofvwhichvsourcevo
fvknowledge?


A. Doctrine
B. Commonvsense
C. Tradition
D. Authorityv
Ans:v C




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