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CHAPTER 1: PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: AN INTRODUCTION
4TH EDITION
1. Why natural sciences are also referred to as “pure” sciences?
A. They are considered stand-alone bodies of unique knowledge.
B. They are the only sciences to which the scientific method can be applied.
C. They are the original sciences upon which all others are based.
D. They are not affected by subjectivity in the way other sciences are.
Answer: A
2. Which is not an example of an applied science as used in health care today?
A. Social work
B. Psychotherapy
C. Examination of care disparities
D. Pathology
Answer: D
3. Roberta firmly believes that individual experiences are the source of all knowledge in
the world. As a scientist, she acknowledges her role as a participant in the experiments she
performs and does consider herself merely a disconnected observer of phenomenon.
Roberta’s views are most closely reflect iv of which school of scientific thought?
A. Natural Science
B. Human Science
C. Applied Science
D. Soft Science
Answer: B
4. What is the ultimate goal of the scientific method?
A. Application of scientific results to a related body of knowledge in order to meet
some type of human need.
B. Examination of the decisions made by a scientist to understand the ways in
which subjectivity was introduced to the experiment.
C. Reproducible experimental results that do not take researcher individuality into account.
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CHAPTER 1: PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: AN INTRODUCTION
4TH EDITION
1. Why natural sciences are also referred to as “pure” sciences?
A. They are considered stand-alone bodies of unique knowledge.
B. They are the only sciences to which the scientific method can be applied.
C. They are the original sciences upon which all others are based.
D. They are not affected by subjectivity in the way other sciences are.
Answer: A
2. Which is not an example of an applied science as used in health care today?
A. Social work
B. Psychotherapy
C. Examination of care disparities
D. Pathology
Answer: D
3. Roberta firmly believes that individual experiences are the source of all knowledge in
the world. As a scientist, she acknowledges her role as a participant in the experiments she
performs and does consider herself merely a disconnected observer of phenomenon.
Roberta’s views are most closely reflect iv of which school of scientific thought?
A. Natural Science
B. Human Science
C. Applied Science
D. Soft Science
Answer: B
4. What is the ultimate goal of the scientific method?
A. Application of scientific results to a related body of knowledge in order to meet
some type of human need.
B. Examination of the decisions made by a scientist to understand the ways in
which subjectivity was introduced to the experiment.
C. Reproducible experimental results that do not take researcher individuality into account.
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