Exam 14: Science and Superstition

An example of pareidolia is:

One of the reasons anecdotal evidence is considered unreliable is that:

Uri Geller's claims of having psychic power rested on:

The mental pattern that results from solving a puzzle or riddle is called:

Which of the following is a key feature of scientific experiments?

In regard to levitation, Maharishi International University's International Center for Scientific Research has done which of the following?

The experiment by Bruner and Postman involving an altered deck of playing cards tends to prove that:

Statements from the Bible about the natural world do not count as scientific evidence because:

An example of the placebo effect is:

The ability of people to walk on glowing wood coals without getting burned is explained by the fact that:

The puzzle-solving character of science is illustrated by the effort of scientists to:

The claim that practitioners of transcendental meditation can levitate leads to:

As a result of the application of Ockham's razor, naturalistic explanations are preferred to supernatural explanations because:

According to Thomas Kuhn, one feature that distinguishes scientists from pseudo scientists is that scientists are:

The apparent power of a mere sugar pill to cure numerous bodily ailments is called:

Modifications that are made to hypotheses to allow for unexpected or unfavorable pieces of evidence are called:

The absence of any astrological explanation as to how the planets can affect people's lives amounts to:

An example of the autokinetic effect is:

When astrological predictions fail to materialize, the community of astrologers typically responds by:

One of the features of superstitious hypotheses is: