Republic of the Philippines

SOUTHERN LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Lucban, Quezon

EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY – QUIZ 2 (Chapter 6)

I. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH APPROPRIATE ANSWERS.

1. ____________ should be avoided at all costs.

2. ____________ statements are those that can be either true or false.
3. Each experimental hypothesis must be a ____________ so that there can be some chance it is true
and some chance it is false.
4. To ensure hypothesis, we must evaluate its ________.
5. Parsimonious statement is the _________ explanation is preferred.
6. B. F. Skinner was a convincing advocate for _________ research in Psychology.
7. Induction is the _________ tool for theory building.
8. ________ is a set of principles that can be used to explain and predict behavior.
9. Ivan Pavlov whose main interest was the ____________.
10. ____________ is the reverse of the inductive model.

II. (15 points) MODIFIED TRUE/FALSE. WRITE TRUE IF THE STATEMENT IS CORRECT

1. Synthetic statements are those that can be either true or false.

2. Testable statements are statements of research hypothesis must be disproved by the research
findings.
3. Deductive model is a process of reasoning from specific cases to more general principles.
4. Induction is the process of reasoning from general principles to make predictions about specific
instances.
5. Both induction and deduction are important in research and useful in formulating hypotheses for
study.
6. Serendity is the knack of finding things that are not being sought.
7. Ivan Pavlov and his unplanned observations pulled him in a most unexpected direction.
8. Intuition is “knowing without reasoning”
9. Through deduction, general principles and theories are devised.
10. Serendipity is not just a matter of luck; it is also a matter of knowing enough to use an opportunity.