CMS 348: Exam 1 Questions With
Answers 2025
What are the four goals of theory? - ANSWER- DEP. C
Describe, explain, predict, control
Differentiate conceptual vs operational. - ANSWER- Conceptual: Abstract / theoretical
Operational: Concrete / precise
Idiographic and nomothetic are two different approaches to describe something. (T/F) -
ANSWER- True
Define idiographic and nomothetic:
Give examples for each. - ANSWER- Idiographic: IDIOSYNCRASIES. Specific things
Example: A highly detailed personality questionaire that outputs 18,000 scales (one
scale for each individual personality trait).
Nomothetic: General things
Example: A general personality test (the Big 5) that gives you 5 scales (one scale for
each general personality trait).
Define inductive and deductive. - ANSWER- Inductive: Data --> Theory.
Deductive: Theory --> Data.
Easy to remember: Deductive reasoning on exams — you start with an idea (theory)
and arrive at your answer (data).
There are 4 steps in the wheel of science. Name them, in order. - ANSWER- 1. Theory
2. Hypothesis
3. Data
4. Empirical generalization
What is the Tuskegee Syphilis Study? - ANSWER- Aimed to study the progression of
syphilis. Exploited African Americans to do so.
They told African American men they were going to treat their syphilis when in reality,
they just gave them a placebo and let the disease progress and kill them.
