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| an intellectual activity, encompassing observation, description, experimentation, and explanation of natural phenomena |
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1)make observations
2)formulate a hypothesis
3)devise a testable prediction
4)conduct a critical expirement
5)draw conclusions and make revisions |
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| an experiment that makes it possible to decisively determine whether a particular hypothesis is correct |
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| an explanatory hypothesis for natural phenomena that is exceptionally well supported by the empirical data |
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| knowledge that is based on experience and observations that are rational, testable, and repeatable |
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| subjects who are treated identically to the experimental group, with one exception - they are not exposed to the treatment |
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| a group of subjects who are exposed to a particular treatment |
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| an experimental condition applied to research subjects |
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some measurable entity that is available at the start of a process and whose value can be changed as required
ex)Time spent studying |
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created by the process being observed and whose value cannot be controlled (changes in response to the change in independent variable)
ex) performance on exams |
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| when one variable increases, so does the other |
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| hierarchical organization |
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| life is organized on many different levels |
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