Chapter 2 How Anthropology Works: Methods Of Inquiry
This is a practice test I am doing for myself, I mean no copyright infringement and this is just for personal testing of my knowledge.
- 1.Science is?
- A.
A way of collecting facts
- B.
The methodology used in laboratory research
- C.
A method of inquiry
- D.
Only concerned with concrete things like gravity and chemicals
- 2.In science, a proposed explanation for some natural phenomenon is called a(n)?
- A.
Hypothesis
- B.
Observation
- C.
Experiment
- D.
Theory
- 3.The process that generates hypotheses is?
- A.
Guessing
- B.
Induction
- C.
Experimentation
- D.
Deduction
- 4.The process of testing hypotheses by looking for specific results that should follow if the hypothesis is supported is called?
- A.
Induction
- B.
Deduction
- C.
Theorizing
- D.
Prediction
- 5.To refer to something as a theory means that it?
- A.
Is just a guess
- B.
Has yet to be proved
- C.
Has been well supported by scientific testing
- D.
Is probably not scientific
- 6.A belief is an idea that?
- A.
Is in conflict with scientific ideas
- B.
Has yet to be proved
- C.
Has no real social value
- D.
Cannot be subjected to scientific inquiry
- 7.Which of the following would NOT be considered a scientific idea?
- A.
The earth is round
- B.
Life on earth has undergone evolution
- C.
All men are created equal
- D.
The nuclei of atoms are made of protons and neutrons
- 8.Science and belief systems?
- A.
Are always in conflict with one another
- B.
Ideally, both contribute to any human society
- C.
Are separate areas of knowledge with no interaction
- D.
Have been in conflict but now science is winning
- 9.Anthropology is all of the following EXCEPT?
- A.
Scientific
- B.
Based on a belief system
- C.
Humanistic
- D.
Holistic
- 10.Past events in evolution, history, or phenomena that cannot be seen...
- A.
Are not open to scientific investigation
- B.
Can be scientifically investigated only to a limited degree
- C.
Can best be understood through belief systems
- D.
Can be investigated by science just like visible, current phenomena
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