Aliens, Atlantis and Archaeology Ewen Test 1-3 verified answers and questions rated A+

Aliens, Atlantis and Archaeology Ewen ; Test 1-3 verified answers and questions rated A+. Test 1 - correct answers.... What is science? - correct answers.The systematic study of the natural world through observation and experiment What is pseudoscience? - correct answers.A claim, belief or practice which is presented as scientific, but which does not follow the scientific method Induction - correct answers.Reaching a general conclusion from particular observations What constitutes a red flag indicating possible pseudoscience at work - correct answers.The claim will "rewrite history" The claimant wants to "prove" their hypothesis The claimant implies that mainstream scientists are withholding information (All choices are correct) In the Mysterious Origins of Man video the site of Tiwanaku in Bolivia was dated at 10,000 BC on the basis of: - correct answers.Archaeo-astronomy In the Case of Childbed Fever in Feder's text, what was the outcome of Dr. Semmelweis's investigation of the mystery of the differing mortality rates? - correct answers.By testing different hypotheses he eventually arrived at the correct diagnosis This hominin was recently discovered in Rising Star cave in South Africa - correct answers.Homo naledi According to Kida, which IS NOT one of the six mistakes we make in our thought processes? - correct answers.We are overly objective Conservative voters watching Fox News is an example of which Kida mistake in our thinking? - correct answers.We seek to confirm What is a hoax? - correct answers.A deliberate deception masquerading as the truth What is epistemology? - correct answers.The study of knowledge (how we know what we know) What is Occam's Razor? - correct answers.The answer requiring the fewest assumptions is probably the correct one Which is a motivation for a hoax? - correct answers.To embarrass someone Financial gain Make a social statement (All Choices are correct) Known as "God's hand", this hoaxer fooled the archaeological establishment in Japan with his planted finds that pushed back the earliest dates for that island's Paleolithic period - correct answers.Shinichi Fujimura The original motivation for the Cardiff Giant hoax was - correct answers.To make a statement about the fallacy of using the Bible as literal history The evidence presented for the fossilized finger from Glen Rose, Texas dating to Cretaceous Era (110 million years ago) is an example of - correct answers.A pseudo-scientific presentation of the data Characteristics of thinking like a scientist include - correct answers.Make sure a claim can be tested and consider alternative explanations What is not a concept of Darwin's Theory of Evolution? - correct val of the strongest According to Feder, what makes for a successful hoax? - correct answers.Give the people what they want Don't be too successful Learn from your mistakes (All choices are correct) Why are events happening by chance and coincidence so hard for people to accept? - correct answers.We believe everything happens for a reason We have an innate desire to find patterns in our world By understanding why something happens we believe we can control it (All choices are correct) Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence is said by what type of person? - correct answers.a skeptic The synthetic theory of evolution is - correct ning Darwin's evolutionary ideas with Mendel's genetics The Piltdown hoax - correct the deliberate fabrication of a fossil involving an ancient human cranium and a modern ape jaw Who IS NOT a suspect in the Piltdown hoax - correct answers.Harry Houdini The Piltdown fossil was originally classified as - correct answers.Eoanthropus dawsoni The original Dare Stone was a message for John White, inscribed on a rock, by - correct answers.Eleanor Dare Where was the first, and possibly authentic, Dare Stone found? - correct answers.By the Chowan River near Edenton Perception is - correct answers.An interpretation of what we see Affected by the context in which it occurs Affected by our expectations (All choices are correct) According to Kida, what IS NOT a factor that can affect our perceptions? - correct answers.ESP The differential date between the jaw and cranium of the Piltdown fossil was determined by - correct ine dating The Piltdown fossil was undetected for so long because - correct answers.It confirmed the early human traits that scientists expected to find The scientists involved believed in their friend, Charles Dawson Nationalistic pride that human evolution took place in England, not Africa (All choices are correct) Which is an underlying principle of science? - correct answers.There is a real and knowable universe - aka positivism The universe operates according to laws Uniformitarianism (All choices are correct) The notion that scientific principles that operate in the present have operated the same in the past (i.e. they are immutable) is known as... - correct rmitarianism Which is a characteristic of pseudoscientific procedure? - correct tation of "rewriting history" How does one assess an extraordinary claim? - correct answers.Consider the source (is it refereed publication?) Ask if there are any corroborating sources Consider the claimant and other "experts" credentials (All choices are correct) What is the scientific method? - correct ve, induce a hypothesis, deduce test conditions, test your hypothesis What was the final verdict on the Alien Autopsy video? - correct was a demonstrated hoax Are the Dare Stones genuine artifacts of the Lost Colony? - correct believe the first stone found was genuine, the rest are obvious fakes How was the Japanese hoaxer, "God's hand," caught? - correct answers.He was photographed "planting" artifacts by a local newspaper How was the Cardiff Giant hoax uncovered? - correct answers.George Hull confessed during Barnum's trial to unburden soul Who was the stone hauler that duped Professor Pearce with faked Dare Stones? - correct answers.William Eberhardt The fossil skeleton found in the Phillipines, nicknamed the Hobbit, has been classified as - correct answers.Homo floresiensis What was the harm in the Piltdown hoax? - correct answers.It sent scientists in the wrong direction in the investigation of human evolution In the video, Alien Autopsy, what evidence was presented against the film being authentic? - correct answers.The film quality and camera angles were such that no clear view was possible Witnesses had no physical proof backing up their testimony (hearsay) The camera man could not be located (All choices are correct) According to current evolutionary theory, what was the first human characteristic to develop? - correct alism Who was an influence on Darwin's Theory of Evolution? - correct answers.Thomas Malthus