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A method of acquiring knowedge based on superstition or habit
1.) habit leads us to continue believing something we have always believed |
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| the development of a positive attitude toward something as a function of inceased familiarity with it |
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| an approach to acquiring knowledge that is not based on reasoning or inferring |
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| a basis for acceptance of info bc its acquired from a highly respected source |
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the acquisition of knowledge through reasoning
this approach uses reasoning to arrive at knowledge ans assumes that vaild knowledge is acquired of the correct resoning process is used |
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the acquistion of knowledge through experience
"if I have experienced something, then it is vaild and true" |
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a reasoning process that involves going from the specific to the general
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| a reasoing process that involoves going from the general to the specific |
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| the process of testing a predicted relationship or hypothesis by making observations and then comparing the observed facts with the hypothesis or predicted relationship |
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a philosophical approach that advocated hypothesis testing as an important method of science
has a connection to hypothesis testing |
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a body of knowledge that masquerades as science in an attempts to gain legitimacy
pseudoscience is based on methods
EX: a fat kid who thinks he is skinny, but he isnt because he is fat |
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| observation that is independent of opinion or bias |
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the definition of concepts by the used to attain or measure them
provides the desired level of specificty and precision |
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| representing contructs by a specific set of operations |
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| using multiple measures or a construct |
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| the reproduction of the results of a study |
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| elimination of theinfluence of extraneous variables |
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| manipulation of antecedent conditions to produce a change in behvior |
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the sinlg emost important element in scientfic research
eliminating theinfluence of any extraneous variable that could affect observations
identify the causes of their observations |
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1.) empiricism is a vital element in scietnfic studies. as an important element in science, empiricism refers to what?
a.) unbiased observations
b.) a persons personal experience of an event
c.) mere exposure |
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scientifc activites have included:
a.) introduction
b.)hypothesis testing
c.) pardigms
d.)reserach programs
e.)all of the above |
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if you conducted a study in which you wanted to determine why help isnt given to people who obviously need it, you would have conducted with which of the following objectives.
a.)description
b.)explanation
c.)prediction |
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the scientist in order to have confidence in the scientifc research process must believe in several axioms. which of the following is NOT one of these axioms?
a.) there is underlying reality in nature
b.)there is a rational basis for the existence of natures events
c.)the uniformity in nature is not only difficult but probably impossible to discover. |
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| the uniformity in nature is not only difficult but probably impossible to discover |
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