identify the type of explanation that explains how something works rather than describing why a specific attribute of a mechanism exists correct answers mechanistic explanation
in the order of their occurrence, rank the steps that a child follows to acquire language as stated by Noam Chomsky in ...
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identify the type of explanation that explains how something works rather than describing why a
specific attribute of a mechanism exists correct answers mechanistic explanation
in the order of their occurrence, rank the steps that a child follows to acquire language as stated
by Noam Chomsky in his theory of language acquisition correct answers 1) the child acquires
language by analyzing the language that he or she hears
2) the language heard by the child is processed, and the rules of language are extracted
3) the child formulated hypotheses about how language works and tests those hypotheses against
reality
according to the US National Academy of Sciences, an ________________ is tentative
explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further
investigation correct answers hypothesis
they tell how a system works without necessarily telling why it does or what it does correct
answers mechanistic explanations
they refer to the purpose or goal of a given attribute or system without describing how those
purposes or goals are achieved correct answers functional explanations
strong inference can work only if correct answers the alternative explanations generate well-
defined predictions
an _________ refers to a specific implementation of a more general theoretical view correct
answers model
a theory with a wider scope correct answers Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory
a theory with a relatively limited scope correct answers Gibbon's Scalar Expectancy Theory
Arrange the following theories in an increasing order with regard to their levels of analysis
(highest level at the top) correct answers 1) fundamental theories
2) analogical theories
3) descriptive theories
what type of theories take the form of a set of verbal statements that describe their basic
assumptions correct answers theories in psychology
what are the steps of the hypothetico-deductive method used by Clark Hull correct answers 1)
adopt assumptions about processes involved in learning
2) derive predictions
3) submit predictions to experimental testing
4) modify, if necessary, assumptions in the light of new evidence
, the potential of a theory to provide ideas for new research is known as the ___________
_________ of the theory correct answers heuristic value
while testing a fresh untested theory, it is prudent to first correct answers pursue a
conformational strategy
it predicts the characteristics of as yet unobserved phenomena correct answers predictive abilities
of theory
it applies in a variety of circumstances to predict a specific set of phenomena correct answers
generality of theory
employing a computer model for theories in psychology will correct answers help in revealing
inconsistencies or unspoken assumptions in the model
to be of any value, a theory must correct answers account for most of the existing data within its
domain
a theory that simply describes how certain variables are related without providing an explanation
for that relationship is known as a correct answers descriptive theory
an ______ usually has a more limited domain than a theory correct answers model
what are bricks correct answers facts/observations
what are edificies correct answers theories
what theories seek to model an underlying reality that produces the observed relationship among
variables correct answers fundamental theories
how are hypotheses different from theories correct answers unlike theories, hypotheses are not
well substantiated
what type of theory borrows from well-understood models by suggesting that the system to be
explained behaves in a fashion similar to that described by the well-understood model correct
answers analogical theory
the way of testing a theory in which a positive result will disconfirm (rather than confirm) a
prediction is called a correct answers disconfirmational strategy
provide the weakest form of explanation correct answers descriptive theories
represents an application of a general theory to a specific situation correct answers model
the main reason the Hull-Spence theory collapsed was that correct answers it had become too
complex involving too many variables
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