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| A belief that an idea is true because it has been accepted as true for a long time. |
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| A belief that something is true because it feels true. |
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| A belief that something is true because an "expert" said so. |
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| Beliefs based on logic and empiricism. |
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| Beliefs based on experience. |
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| A way of acquiring knowledge through the continual interaction of empiricism and reasoning. |
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| Devising a hypothesis, applying empiricism to the hypothesis, abandoning hypothesis that are not supported by further empirical evidence, and constructing new hypothesis. In this way, general principles and predictions can be made. |
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| The ability and willingness to assess claims and make objective judgments on the basis of well-supported evidence. |
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| Description, explanation, prediction, and control. |
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| A doctrine of belief that events have natural causes. |
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| Hypothesis and theories that can be shown to be false. |
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| The simplest explanation for a phenomenon. |
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| A formal statement of how concepts are related. |
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| The general category of ideas that are represented by our variables. |
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| Research where the goal is to describe characteristics of a population (ex: not test a hypothesis). |
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| Research where the goal is to explain the relationship between variables (ex: to test a hypothesis). |
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| Studies of differences in the amount of behavior. |
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| Studies of differences in the kind or quality of behavior. |
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| Research conducted to increase the body of knowledge of a discipline. |
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| The use of basic research findings to improve conditions in real-world settings. |
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| The study of people of different ages. |
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| The study of the same people over time or at different stages in their lives. |
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