Lectures 1+2

Question 1

epistemology

Answer 1

how one acquires new knowledge/ how do you know what you know

Question 2

Tenacity:

Answer 2

a truth that a person claims to know intuitively “from the gut” without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination or facts. also known as truthiness

Question 3

objectivity:

Answer 3

eliminating personal biases and opinions in research experiment

Question 4

confirmation of findings:

Answer 4

repeat experiments to confirm their original results

Question 5

experiments are used to determine:

Answer 5

cause and effect relationships

Question 6

independent variable:

Answer 6

what the experimenter manipulates to determine its influence on behavior

Question 7

dependent variable:

Answer 7

response of behavior that the experimenter measures

Question 8

extraneous variables:

Answer 8

undesired variables that may operate to influence the dependent variable and thus invalidate an experiment

Question 9

to the extent that extraneous variables are controlled, the cause and effect relationship between the ___ and ___ becomes more ___

Answer 9

independent variable and dependent variable; convincing

Question 10

self correction:

Answer 10

public scrutiny, replication can change views of phenomena