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 Pseudoscience Quiz

Welcome to the QuizMoz Pseudoscience Quiz. QuizMoz offers one of the Internet's largest collection of quizzes for you to tease your brain and pit your wits against the experienced QuizMoz quiz masters. Go ahead and find out what you know about yourself and the world around you. Best of luck!!

 Pseudoscience Quiz Facts
 Average Score for this quiz: 31%
 No of times this quiz has been taken: 4
 No of people passing this quiz: 1
 No of people failing this quiz: 3
 Maximum score for this quiz: 55%

Coverage : The Pseudoscience Quiz will test your knowledge on the criteria and rationale used to determine science from pseudoscience.See what you know about this interesting and debatable subject on The pseudoscience Quiz.

1. What is pseudoscience:
a.An intermingling of psychological and scientific beliefs  
b.A type of science that is not based on scientific methods
c.Science that does not meet the testability requirements methods
d.A type of science that conflicts with current scientific consensus
 
2. The term pseudoscience appears to have been first used in____.
a.1866
b.1843
c.1901
d.1932
 
3. Professor Paul DeHart Hurd argued that a large part of gaining scientific literacy is being able to argue science from pseudoscience,such as:
a.Astrology
b.Physiology
c.Natural medicine
d.Superstition
 
4. How is pseudoscience characterized?
a.Vague,exagerrated and untestable claims
b.Quick progress of theory development
c.Lack of openness to testing by experts
d.Over reliance on refutation rather than confirmation
 
5. The statement,”God created the universe” may be true or false but it is not falsifibale. Is it scientific?
a.Yes
b.No
 
6. What tight  social groups can enhance beliefs that have no rational scientific basis and tend to view their critics as enemies?
a.Groupthink
b.Greenpeace
c.Authoritarian personality
d.Suppression of dissent
 
7. Pseudoscientific beliefs peaked in_____.
a.1998
b.1970
c.2001
d.1955
 
8. What forms of pseudoscience have been officially sanctioned by church and state in attempts to support various religious or  ideological beliefs?
a.Creation science
b.Evolutionism
c.Race theories of Nazi Germany
d.Philanthropy
 
9. What do clinical psychologists see a as pseudo scientific therapies?
a.Rebirthing
b.Acupuncture
c.Primal Scream
d.Hypnosis
 
10. The boundary between science and non-science that continues to be debated is known as:
a.The Great Divide
b.The problem of demarcation
c.Unsolveable scientific perception versus reality
d.The Never-ending Story
 
11. Phrenology is regarded as a classic example of pseudoscience?
a.True
b.False
 

 
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What others think about Pseudoscience
By: Tracy on 9/7/2008
  Great test. A nice way to gauge one's knowledge
By: Kayla on 9/6/2008
  I think this is a great quiz full of knowlodge and information.
By: Erin on 9/5/2008
  it was a fun and interseting quiz!
By: Samantha on 9/4/2008
  This is so cool. Even though I really did not know some of the questions, it was still fun!
By: Alice on 9/3/2008
  Its a very good Quiz. It rocks my socks!!!!!
  


 





 
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