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Experimental ch1&2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| empirical | based on experience |
| authority | who is telling me this? |
| logic | using logic to make further inferences |
| non empirical | indirect |
| intuition | spontaneous perception or judgment not based on reasoned mental steps |
| common sense | practical intelligence shared by a large group of people |
| counterintuitive | something that goes against common sense |
| science | way of obtaining knowledge by objective observations |
| scientific method | define problem, form hypothesis, collect and analyze data, draw conclusions, communicate findings |
| theory | system of ideas/principles to explain phenomena |
| hypothesis | a specific prediction about two or more variable that can be tested |
| variables | any event or behavior that can be measurable |
| description | observing behavior in order to describe it |
| prediction | identifying specific factors that are associated |
| explanatory | determining the causes of behavior/event |
| observation | naturalistic or laboratory observation |
| case studies | in depth study of one or more individuals |
| survey | asking questions thru self-report |
| correlation | the degree of relation between two variables, not imply causation |
| quasi-experimental method | compare groups of individuals across a "naturally occuring" variable |
| experimental method | determining if there is a cause and effect relationship between two variables, manipulate iv, measure dv, control over extraneous variables |
| empirical | based on experience, not common sense |
| objectives | some observations can be made by anyone, all conclude same thing |
| self-correcting | new evidence may contradict what is currently known |
| progressive | moving forward in truth |
| tentative | able to be changed |
| parsimonious | as simple as possible |
| concerned with theory | figuring out why and how |
| good theory | falsifiable |
| law | a statement that certain events are regularly associated with each other in an orderly way |
| theory | a statement or set or statements explaining one or more laws, usually including one indirect concept needed to explain the relationship |
| falsifiability | the property of a good theory that it is capable of disproof |
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