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Chapter 1

1. Test implications of a hypothesis are to __________ as deduction is to __________.
        
2. Hullian theory hypothesizes that rates of behavior will increase directly as a function of increased motivational states. The following statement is an example of __________. If hours of food deprivation are increased (an increase in motivational state), then the rat will run the maze more quickly.
        
3. Which of the following does NOT represent an operational definition of depression?
        
4. Consistency is to __________ as truthfulness is to __________.
        
5. __________ refers to the process of reasoning from particular facts or individual cases to a general conclusion.
        
6. The statement that animals learn by responding to gestalts is an example of:
        
7. Kohler devised a test situation where his theory and a competing theory led to different predictions. Such a test is called a(n) __________.
        
8. When a test situation is envisioned in which two well-established hypotheses derived from two competing theories predict mutually exclusive outcomes, the research is now called:
        
9. A __________ is a tentative answer to a research question - a statement of expectation that, given certain conditions, certain other events or conditions also will hold true.
        
10. The observation that newcomers to a field often become innovators is most clearly explained by which of the following people?
        
11. Rules of evidence are to __________ as acceptance of established truths is to authority.
        
12. Induction is to __________ as deduction is to __________.