Maxine believes that ingesting the experimental drug theratonin ...

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Maxine believes that ingesting the experimental drug theratonin increases aggressive behavior by making aggressive thoughts highly accessible. Sam believes that ingesting theratonin increases aggressive behavior by (1) making aggressive thoughts highly accessible and (2) making people worry less about the consequences of their behavior. If we knew that theratonin does increase aggressive behavior but knew nothing else, which theory should we prefer?
 
  A) Maxine's theory  because it is more testable than Sam's theory
  B) Maxine's theory  because it is more parsimonious than Sam's theory
  C) Sam's theory  because it is more testable than Maxine's theory
  D) Sam's theory  because it is more parsimonious than Maxine's theory

Question 2

Galileo tried to solve the problem of how gravity works by:
 
  A) dropping a heavy and a light cannon ball from the Leaning Tower of Pisa
  B) performing a thought experiment
  C) rolling balls down a series of inclined planes
  D) both B and C are correct

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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D

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