You have always had a theory that vitamin C cures the common cold and provides people with energy. You have recently been shown strong evidence that actually vitamin C has no benefits at all for either of these things. According to the scientific method what should you now do?

I want to examine whether there is a relationship between the type of drug taken and rate of overdose. Which goal of science allows me to examine this question?

Tony recently read a buzz feed article about the danger of vaccinations. The article quotes Dr. Tetyana Obukhanych who has a Ph.D. in immunology and has a few publications in the field of immunology, as an expert. However, her statements about vaccines lack any supportive scientific evidence. Tony decides that vaccines are dangerous on the basis of this article. What is Tony using to justify his new opinion on the dangers of vaccines?

The ability to think clearly, rationally, and independently is called 

Many of the events in the world have an underlying cause. This is an example

Which of these is a major goal of science?

Justine was raised to believe that vaccines lead to autism, she has heard this "evidence" throughout her life and most of her family friends believe it to be true. Recently she was informed that the evidence for this claim was found to be false, however Justine is not able to update her opinion as she has believed this for so long. Which source of information is Justine using to justify her belief?

One important difference between science and folk psychology or common wisdom, is that science relies on__________. 

Which approach to scientific hypothesis testing was advocated by Karl Popper?

According to the 1985 Science Citation Index, the following members of British University Psychology departments had 60 or more journal citations (The number of citations are in parenthesis):

Argyle, J. M.  (170)      Furnham, A.F. (62)       Trevarthan, C.B. (73)

Booth, D. A.  (101)      Giles, H. (71)               Trimble, M.R. (97)

Braddick, O. J. (83)     Gray, J.A. (251)            Venables, P.H. (68)

Bower, T.G.R. (85)       Lee, D.N.(84)              Warr, P.B. (120)

Coltheart, M.  (164)     Mackintosh, N.J. (176)  Warrington, E.K. (180)

Cooper, S.J. (82)         Robbins, T.W. (69)       Weiskranz, L. (64)

Eysenck, H. J. (813)     Rolls, T.W. (61)           Wilson, G.D. 984)

Eysenck, M.W. (90)      Sandler, J (97)             Yule, W. (60)

Eysenck, S.B.G. (91)    Shaffer, H.R. (67)

Below is the graph of these data. Explain the distribution of these data and the reason why the data are distributed this way.