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Logic 101 Practice Test: Science and Superstition
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Science is a system for collecting knowledge to understand the world, while superstition is a non-scientific belief in magical connections. Superstition can be religious, cultural, or personal. 
Superstition and science can conflict in medical practices. For example, traditional healers may use superstition to treat health problems, but medical professionals use evidence-based practices. Traditional healers may use unsterilized instruments in unsafe environments, which can lead to harmful, potentially fatal impacts on patients.
 

Logic 101 Practice Test: Science and Superstition
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1. Uri Geller's claims of having psychic power rested on:
2. An example of a Gestalt is:
3. According to Imre Lakatos and Paul Thagard, science is distinguished from pseudoscience in that science is:
4. The claim that practitioners of transcendental meditation can levitate leads to:
5. When astrological predictions fail to materialize, the community of astrologers typically responds by:
6. Hallucinations that affect the vision of people in a large crowd are called:
7. Which of the following is a key feature of scientific experiments?
8. A cure that supposedly arises from a 'medicine' or procedure having no therapeutic benefit is said to result from:
9. The experiment performed by psychologists Singer and Benassi involving a conjurer who performed before a group of students tends to show that:
10. One of the problems about superstitions relating to good luck is that:
11. Superstitious claims are usually expressed in vague language. As a result:
12. The effect by which a small stationary light surrounded by darkness will be seen to move is called the:
13. An example of the placebo effect is:
14. One source of support for superstitious hypotheses is:
15. One of the reasons anecdotal evidence is considered unreliable is that:
16. According to Thomas Kuhn, one feature that distinguishes scientists from pseudo scientists is that scientists are:
17. The ability of people to walk on glowing wood coals without getting burned is explained by the fact that:
18. An apparent benefit derived from superstitious beliefs is:
19. Scientific hypotheses must be framed narrowly enough to be:
20. The absence of any astrological explanation as to how the planets can affect people's lives amounts to:
21. Statements from the Bible about the natural world do not count as scientific evidence because:
22. Ockham's razor is a principle that requires hypotheses to be:
23. The puzzle-solving character of science is illustrated by the effort of scientists to:
24. The apparent power of a mere sugar pill to cure numerous bodily ailments is called:
25. An example of the autokinetic effect is:

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