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| A way of systematic analysis that asks, "How can I break this problem down into its constituent parts?" (11) |
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| A philosophey that emphasizes the fundamental right of living organisms to exist and to pursue their own ends. (15) |
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| A design in which researchers don't know which subjects were given experimental treatment until after the data has been gathered. (6) |
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| Comparison made between two populations that are identical (as far as possible) in every factor expect the one being studied.(6) |
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| Original, inependant thinking that asks, "How might I approach this problem in new and invtentive ways?"(11) |
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| An abililty to evauatione information and opions in a systematic, purposeful, efficient manner. (11) |
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| "Top down" reasoning in which we start with a general principle and derive a testable prediction about a specific case.(6) |
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| Neither the subject (participant) nor the experimenter knows which participants are recieving the experimental or the control treatments until after the data have been gathered and analyzed. (6) |
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| The circumstances or conditions that surrond an organism or a group of organisms as well as the complex of social or cultural condiditons that affect an individual or a community.(4) |
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| The systematic, scientific study or our environment as wel as our role in it. (4) |
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| The extension of modern enviromental concerns to global issues. (16) |
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| A conditional explination that can be verified or falsified by observation or experimentation. (7) |
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| "Bottom-up" reasoning in which we study specific expamples and try to disvoer patterns and derive general explanations from collected observations. (6) |
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| A rational way of thought that asks, "How can orderly, deductive reasoning help me think clearly?" (11) |
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| A fusion of conservation of natural resources and preservation of nature with concerns about pollution, environmental health, and social justice.(15) |
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| Overarching models of the world that shape our wourldviews and guide our interpretation of how things are. (9) |
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| A principle that says where two equallty plausibe explanations for a phenomenon are possible, we should choose the simpler one. (5) |
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| The likelihood that a situation, a condition, or an event will occur. (8) |
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| A thoughtful, contemplative analysis that ask, "What does this all mean?" (11) |
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| Making an observation or obtaiing a particular resulft consistently.(6) |
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| To analyze a small but representative portion of a population to exitmate the characteristics of the entire class. (8) |
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| An explantation or idea accepted by a substantial number o scientists. (7) |
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| Meaningful data that can be measured accurately and reproducibly. (6) |
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| Mathematical analysis of the collection, organization, and interpretation of numerical data. (8) |
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| Ecological, social, and economic systems that can last over the long term. (21) |
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| A real increase in well-being and stard of life tfor the average person that can be maintained over the long term without degrading the environment or compromising the aility of future generations to meet their own needs. (21) |
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| The polosophy that resouces should be used for the greatest good for the greatest number for the longest time. (14) |
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