Chapter Summaries of 3 and 4 Flashcards
A fact is something known with certainty through…?
observation, experience, and measurement.
A fact can be objectively…?
demonstrated and verified.
A fact is something that…
people agree corresponds to reality.
It is not easy for us to determine whether facts…
correspond to reality.
Facts correspond with reality when…?
theirs repeated feedback and testing.
The amount of certainty we feel about the validity of our facts…
affects our decisions and actions.
Feelings are facts; they distort or enhance our…?
perceptions, depending on how conscious we are of their presence.
Facts are not absolutes but..
statements of probability.
Because we are dependent on confirmation from others in our search for facts…
social pressures can lead us to distrust or distort our own perceptions.
Our senses are limited both in range and capacity are are affected by many factors including…?
selective focus and mental preoccupations.
Facts must be expressed in carefully formulated statements like…
define their own limitations, they are objectively used, appropriate qualifiers, state the obvious, not inappropriately cautious, no include guesses or inferences, specific and offer their evidence for others to verify.
The standards traditionally used to determine facts are verifiability, reliability, probability, plausibility, accuracy and currency….
Facts have to undergo the teste of time and repetition and not contradict other known facts.
The word infer means
to derive by reasoning, to conclude, to guess.
When we infer, we use our imaginaition or reasoning to provide…
explanations for situations where all the facts are not yet available.
Responsible report writing or descriptive writing lets…?
the facts speak for themselves as much as possible.
