The Idea That a Hypothesis Can Never Be Proven, but It

question 21

Multiple Choice

The idea that a hypothesis can never be proven, but it can be disproven, is a central tenet of

• A) the logic in practice.
• B) the logic of disconfirming hypotheses.
• C) the reciprocal effect relationship.
• D) the double-barreled hypothesis.

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Definitions:

Learned Helplessness

An individual's feeling of impotence, resulting from a distressing event or continual lack of success.

Experiment

A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

Self-actualization

The realization or fulfillment of one's talents and potentialities, considered as a drive or need present in everyone, according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

Social Environment

The immediate physical and social setting in which people live or in which something happens or develops, including the culture that the individual is educated or lives in.