Which statement about theory is false?
1. A theory is multifaceted, complex, and dynamic.
2. There is one widely accepted definition of what theory is and is not
3. Theory falls into broad categories-commonsense and scientific.
4. The overarching goal of theory is to explain phenomena.
Which statement most likely describes a commonsense theory?
1. The other students in your class have more free time because they study less
than you do
2. All of your professors are involved I a plot to overthrow the president of the
university
3. You haven’t heard from you sister lately because she is busy studying for
her final exams.
4. The number of hours spent studying for exams a student’s willingness
to questions, and competition of course homework are directly related
to the final grade.
Which phrase does not describe one to the three main goals of scientific theory?
1. Separation of theory from practice
2. Description of a phenomenon being studied
3. Prediction about future relationship
4. Explanation that “makes sense” of observed events
Which analogy most accurately defines scientific theory?
1. Scientific theory definitively describes practice in much the same way that a
dictionary definitively describes the meaning of different words.
2. Scientific theory components are combined in different ways to produce
different theories in much the same way that beads are strung together in
different ways to produce different necklaces
3. Scientific theory represents only the thought-based aspect of a discipline
(rather than the action-based aspects) in much the same way that a flag
represents a physical entity of a country (rather than its individual people)
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