EDF 6222 Exam 1 & 2 Questions and
Answers | 2026 Updated Practice
Questions | Grade A+
• parsimony -✓✓look for the simplest explanation possible
• what is science? -✓✓an attempt to discover order, and to display lawful relations
• determinism -✓✓The universe is a lawful and orderly place
• what does it mean to be scientifically skeptical? -✓✓that assumptions should not
be made until evidence is available
• How do you reduce observer bias? -✓✓by ensuring interobserver agreement
• guidelines for gathering evidence -✓✓- reducing observer bias
- examining experimental control
-replication
- self-correction
• what is behaviorism -✓✓philosophy of the science of human behavior
• what does structuralism rely on? -✓✓introspection
, • structuralism -✓✓the science of human behavior permits introspection to explain
the conscious mind
• methodological behaviorism -✓✓A philosophical position that views behavioral
events that cannot be publicly observed as outside the realm of science. and relied
on logical positivism
-does not consider private events -came from psychophysical parallelism
• psychophysical parallelism -✓✓-mental events can cause only mental events
-physical events can cause only physical events
• What did normand present? -✓✓-importance of objective, empirical science
-being skeptical does not equate being cynical: withhold judgement until sufficient
evidence is presented, and examine available evidence before making a decision
• Characteristics of pseudoscience -✓✓-can't be proven false
-anecdotal evidence
• how is science self-correcting? -✓✓through replication
• what is the credo of helping professionals? -✓✓do no harm
• explanatory fictions -✓✓socially approved ways for explaining behavior that
violates parsimony
Answers | 2026 Updated Practice
Questions | Grade A+
• parsimony -✓✓look for the simplest explanation possible
• what is science? -✓✓an attempt to discover order, and to display lawful relations
• determinism -✓✓The universe is a lawful and orderly place
• what does it mean to be scientifically skeptical? -✓✓that assumptions should not
be made until evidence is available
• How do you reduce observer bias? -✓✓by ensuring interobserver agreement
• guidelines for gathering evidence -✓✓- reducing observer bias
- examining experimental control
-replication
- self-correction
• what is behaviorism -✓✓philosophy of the science of human behavior
• what does structuralism rely on? -✓✓introspection
, • structuralism -✓✓the science of human behavior permits introspection to explain
the conscious mind
• methodological behaviorism -✓✓A philosophical position that views behavioral
events that cannot be publicly observed as outside the realm of science. and relied
on logical positivism
-does not consider private events -came from psychophysical parallelism
• psychophysical parallelism -✓✓-mental events can cause only mental events
-physical events can cause only physical events
• What did normand present? -✓✓-importance of objective, empirical science
-being skeptical does not equate being cynical: withhold judgement until sufficient
evidence is presented, and examine available evidence before making a decision
• Characteristics of pseudoscience -✓✓-can't be proven false
-anecdotal evidence
• how is science self-correcting? -✓✓through replication
• what is the credo of helping professionals? -✓✓do no harm
• explanatory fictions -✓✓socially approved ways for explaining behavior that
violates parsimony
