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31)On the internet, reports of murderous satanic cults operating in Canada are widespread, but the RCMP has never been able to substantiate this claim. Some individuals continued to believe in the existence of the cults, saying that the RCMP has been part of the conspiracy. This is an example of a violation of ________ in everyday life. A)the volunteer bias B)the principle of falsifiability C)the coefficient of correlation D)replication 32)Which of the following statements is true? A)Disclosure of the details of a study is important to allow for replication by others. B)Research procedures, once patented, should be shared openly. C)It is a waste of time and money to replicate a study that has already been done. D)Scientists should keep their research secret so others will not steal their ideas. 33)Scientists are expected to submit their results to professional journals, which send the findings to experts for evaluation before publication. This process is called: A)criterion validity. B)peer review. C)content validity. D)reliability. 34)One purpose of peer review is to: A)make sure that the researchers did not deceive their subjects in any way. B)make sure that the research does not involve animals as subjects. C)scrutinize the evidence before any announcement to the public. D)choose which, among competing interpretations of a finding, is best. 35)What was wrong with Norman Cousins’s claim that humour and vitamins could cure life-threatening diseases? A)It was not falsifiable. B)It was not based on empirical evidence. C)It resulted from confirmation bias. D)Its variables were not operationally defined. 36)Replication relies upon a scientist’s: A)openness. B)skepticism. C)reliance on empirical evidence. D)precision. 37)Science is meant to be a/an ________ activity. A)elite B)secret C)private D)communal 38)Descriptive methods allow a researcher to do all of the following EXCEPT: A)choose one explanation about behaviour over competing ones. B)predict behaviour. C)describe behaviour D)depict behaviour. 39)Research methods that depict behaviour but are not necessarily causal explanations are called: A)significance tests. B)experimental methods. C)descriptive methods. D)single-blind studies. 40)A detailed description of a particular individual being studied or treated is called a: A)case study. B)single-blind study. C)representative sample. D)naturalistic observation.