Fill in the blanks with the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

1		The human tendency to seek out information that verifies what one already believes is called the .
2		The everyday explanations we develop for observed events do not qualify as scientific because they .
3		A danger of relying on explanations based on everyday observations is that they may .
4		Even if you do not plan a career in research, you should care about learning about research because .
5		A(n) is constantly evaluated for consistency with existing evidence and with known principles.
6		A(n) is based on our sense of what we believe is true the world around us.
7		Scientists prefer explanations that have broad explanatory power over those that work only within a limited set of circumstances. This suggests that scientific explanations are .
8		A(n) requires no evidence and is assumed to be true.
9		The fictional scientist in the Motel of the Mysteries example used in the text developed faulty explanations because he relied too much on .
10		Faulty conclusions may be drawn from research data because researchers fail to consider .
11		Using the label “schizophrenia” to explain why a person is hallucinating and acting in a bizarre manner is an example of using a(n) .
12		Pseudoexplanations can be avoided by providing of the behavior of interest and the explanatory concept.
13		In the , you rely on expert sources for answers to questions.
14		The method is the only acceptable method of developing valid scientific explanations.
15		A is a characteristic that can take on two or more values.
16		When using the scientific method, you subject the hypothesis that you develop to .
17		An alternative to discarding a disconfirmed hypothesis is to .
18		In addition to being a method of inquiry, the scientific method is also a(n) .
19		Even though we can sometimes classify research as basic or applied, the distinction between these two categories is often .
20		reasoning is used to develop testable hypotheses.