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Method of acquiring knowledge
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-ways in which a person can know things or discover answers to questions
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Method of tenacity
Method of intuition
Method of authority
Rational method
Method of empiricism
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5 methods of acquiring knowledge
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| how to collect and interpret the information that you need to make the best possible decision |
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| A method of acquiring knowledge in which information is accepted as true because it has always been believed or because superstition supports it |
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| a method of acquiring knowledge in which information is accepted as the basis of a hunch or "gut feeling" |
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| a method of acquiring knowledge in which a person relies in information or answers from an expert in the subject area |
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| Pitfalls of Method of Authority |
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->does not always provide accurate information
->people of authority can be bias
->answers obtained can represent the person's personal opinion rather than true expert knowledge
->the person's status makes us believes it is true
->one will accept an expert's statement without question
->Not all "experts" are experts |
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| a variant of method of authority in which people have unquestioning trust in the authority figure and, therefore, accept information from the authority without doubt or challenge |
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| how to apply Rational knowledge |
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| begin with a set of known facts or assumptions and use logic to reach a conclusion or get an answer to a question |
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| a method of acquiring knowledge in which observation and direct sensory experience are used to obtain knowledge |
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from habit or superstition
ex. lucky hat |
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from a hunch or feeling
ex. lottery ticket |
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from reasoning
logical conclusion |
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| direct sensory observation |
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1. Observe behavior
2. Form a tentative answer or explanation (hypothesis)
3. use your hypothesis to generate a testable prediction
4. evaluate the prediction making systematic, planned observations
5. use the observation to support, refute, or refine the original hypothesis |
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| Steps of the Scientific Method |
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| the use of a relatively small set of specific observations as the basis for forming a general statement about the larger set of possible observations. |
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| determine what theory of theories could explain the data |
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| characteristics or conditions that change or have different values for different individuals |
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educated guess
a statement that provides a tentative description or explanation for the relationship between variables |
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| Deduction/Deductive Reasoning |
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| the use of a general statement as the basis for reaching a conclusion about specific examples |
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the answers are obtained based by making observations
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->a set of ideas based on nonscientific theory, faith, and beliefs
->a claim, belief, or practice which incorrectly presented as scientific, but does not adhere to a valid scientific method |
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| can not be tested all the time |
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possible to observe and measure all of the variables involved
->real events, real situations, and real individuals |
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contrary to the hypothesis
possible for the outcome to be different from the prediction |
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