Midterm Study Guide Cards

Question 1

What is a body of knowledge (data) about the natural world, it deals with aspects of life that can be detected, observed, and measured.

Answer 1

Science

Question 2

What three things can science do, and two things it can’t do

Answer 2

It can: peer review, open to challenges, and its a self collecting enterprise

It can’t: say what is morally right/wrong and address the existence of God/supernatural things

Question 3

What is the process of science and it taught as a sequence of steps because science always changes based on new evidence.

Answer 3

The scientific method

Question 4

What is an informed logical and plausible explanation and it mist be formatted in an If….. then statement

Answer 4

Hypothesis

Question 5

Difference between fact, observation, and hypothesis

Answer 5

Fact- direct and repeatable observation
Observation- description, measurement of any object/phenomenon
Hypothesis- informed logical explanation for observation

Question 6

Difference between control group and controlled experiment

Answer 6

Controlled experiment is when two or more subjects are being tested and one get the IV but the others don’t
Control group- group not receiving IV

Question 7

Difference between IV and DV

Answer 7

IV is the variable that is varied or manipulated by the researcher and DV is the effect, its the outcome