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Sociology - Science
Chapter 15 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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pursuit of knowledge through systematic methods | Science |
sociological perspective that examines how scientific knowledge develops | sociology of science |
objective, logical, and systematic way of collecting empirical data and arriving at conclusions | scientific method |
a norm in scientific research that holds that research should be judged solely on the basis of quality | universalism |
a norm in scientific research in which no scientific finding or theory is exempt from questioning | organized skepticism |
a belief held among some scientists that all scientific knowledge should be made available to everyone in the scientific community | communalism |
norm in scientific research in which scientists should seek truth, not personal gain | disinterestedness |
Matthew Effect | |
set of shared concepts, methods, and assumptions that make up the scientific reality at any point in time | Paradigm |