Beliefs in society, science and ideology

What are the characteristics of a closed belief system?

• Something that has the ability to be challenged, changed and updated with new knowledge

• Something that has the ability to change with scientific influence

• Something that claims a monopoly and does not take kindly to change

• Something that is constantly adapting to change but only when it is appropriately challenged

What are the characteristics of an open belief system?

• Something that has the ability to be challenged, changed and updated with new knowledge

• Something that has the ability to change with scientific influence

• Something that claims a monopoly and does not take kindly to change

• Something that is constantly adapting to change but only when it is appropriately challenged

What is science often described as?

• An open belief system

• A closed belief system

What is religion often described as?

• An open belief system

• A closed belief system

What is meant by the 'concept' ideology?

• A fact

• An opinion

• Having faith in something

• A network of beliefs and ideas

Who coined the term Falsification?

• Kuhn

• Popper

• Comte

• Durkheim

What is meant by the principle of Falsification?

• The idea that you have to prove something as false before it can constitute as science

• The idea that you have to prove something right before it can constitute as science

• The idea that things need to be proven empirically

• The fact that religion and science can never co exist

How can we remember the ethos of norms that Merton sets out?

• KUDOS

• CUDOS

• CUDOs

• QUDOS

Horton argues that religion is a closed belief system and puts religion into the same category as _____

Woolgar argues that science can be ________ ___________