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vocab
Term | Definition |
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skepticism | having an attitude of doubt |
open-mindedness | capable of accepting new and different ideas |
curiosity | one of the main characteristics that leads to new scientific knowledge |
creativity | it involves coming up with new sources and ways to help solve problems or produce new things |
personal bias | how she or he thinks about something |
cultural bias | when the culture in witch a person grows up affects the way they think |
experimental bias | a mistake in the design of an experiment |
honesty | it is very important when scientists do an experiment |
ethics | the rules that enable people to know right from wrong |
scientific reasoning | requires a logical way of thinking based on gathering and evaluating evidence |
objective | making decisions based on available evidence |
subjective | personal feeling affect how you make a decision |
deductive reaoning | the way to explain things |
inductive reasoning | uses specific observations to make generalizations |
faulty reasoning |