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vocab

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