©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
Special Area - World Scholars Cup Study
Guide with Complete Solutions
Guesses - Ans:✔✔-Random assumptions, no evidence
Estimations - Ans:✔✔-Based on evidence, more detail
Hypothesis - Ans:✔✔-Substantial evidence, lots of detail
Theories - Ans:✔✔-Full explanations, evidence (assumptions)
Inductive Reasoning - Ans:✔✔-Broad generalizations, general to specific
Deductive Reasoning - Ans:✔✔-Uses data, general to specific opposite to inductive
Abductive Reasoning - Ans:✔✔-Coming to logical conclusions
Known Knowns - Ans:✔✔-Concepts we know we know
Unknown Unknowns - Ans:✔✔-Things we don't know that we don't know
Hard Evidence - Ans:✔✔-Evidence that is reliable and cannot be disputed
Page 1/12
, ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
Forensic Science - Ans:✔✔-The application of science to solve mysteries
Johari Window - Ans:✔✔-Known Self, Hidden Self, Blind Self, Unknown Self
Belief - Ans:✔✔-Trust and faith in something without real evidence
Knowledge - Ans:✔✔-An understanding of concepts through evidence and fact
Millenium Prize Problems - Ans:✔✔-7 very hard mathematical questions each with a one million dollar
reward for an answer. One has been solved but the money turned down due to thinking his work was
just the same as everybody elses
Loebner Prize - Ans:✔✔-A competition to see how good AI has gotten through having a conversation
with an AI. Based on Turing Test
One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge - Ans:✔✔-A competition to prove paranormal existence
through evidence. Never won and was only open to celebrities but became open division later on
Cognitive Dissonance - Ans:✔✔-When you have conflicting beliefs and behaviour due to new evidence
Whodunit - Ans:✔✔-A type of story where the audience along with the detective figures out a mystery
John/Jane Doe - Ans:✔✔-Term used to describe a patient whose identity is unknown
Fata Morgana - Ans:✔✔-A optical illusion which causes ships took look like they are floating above the
water
Page 2/12
FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
Special Area - World Scholars Cup Study
Guide with Complete Solutions
Guesses - Ans:✔✔-Random assumptions, no evidence
Estimations - Ans:✔✔-Based on evidence, more detail
Hypothesis - Ans:✔✔-Substantial evidence, lots of detail
Theories - Ans:✔✔-Full explanations, evidence (assumptions)
Inductive Reasoning - Ans:✔✔-Broad generalizations, general to specific
Deductive Reasoning - Ans:✔✔-Uses data, general to specific opposite to inductive
Abductive Reasoning - Ans:✔✔-Coming to logical conclusions
Known Knowns - Ans:✔✔-Concepts we know we know
Unknown Unknowns - Ans:✔✔-Things we don't know that we don't know
Hard Evidence - Ans:✔✔-Evidence that is reliable and cannot be disputed
Page 1/12
, ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
Forensic Science - Ans:✔✔-The application of science to solve mysteries
Johari Window - Ans:✔✔-Known Self, Hidden Self, Blind Self, Unknown Self
Belief - Ans:✔✔-Trust and faith in something without real evidence
Knowledge - Ans:✔✔-An understanding of concepts through evidence and fact
Millenium Prize Problems - Ans:✔✔-7 very hard mathematical questions each with a one million dollar
reward for an answer. One has been solved but the money turned down due to thinking his work was
just the same as everybody elses
Loebner Prize - Ans:✔✔-A competition to see how good AI has gotten through having a conversation
with an AI. Based on Turing Test
One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge - Ans:✔✔-A competition to prove paranormal existence
through evidence. Never won and was only open to celebrities but became open division later on
Cognitive Dissonance - Ans:✔✔-When you have conflicting beliefs and behaviour due to new evidence
Whodunit - Ans:✔✔-A type of story where the audience along with the detective figures out a mystery
John/Jane Doe - Ans:✔✔-Term used to describe a patient whose identity is unknown
Fata Morgana - Ans:✔✔-A optical illusion which causes ships took look like they are floating above the
water
Page 2/12
