S.B. – 4
What Questions, not Why Questions

as of Oct. 20, 2017

Science has found it effective to move from philosophical “why” questions to questions such as
ONE: What behavior are you attempting to change?
TWO: What measurements are you going to use?
THREE: What consequence can be changed?
FOUR: What variable might be changed to see what the effect would be?

4-1. Which of the following would NOT be likely to be asked by a scientist?
A. Why am I here?
B. What factor might be changed to see if I move?
C. Why is that?
D. What variable changes the frequency of John asking “Why”?
E. What is the effect of attention as a consequence following John’s asking “Why”?

Answer. (A,C)