T1: The Scientific Method

Question 1

Four Goals of Science (d,e,p,c)

Answer 1

Description (what happened)
Explanation (why it happened)
Prediction (tells us if explanation is right or wrong)
Control (how to make it happen)

Question 2

Four Approaches to Understanding (a,a,r,e)

Answer 2

Authority, Analogy, Rule, Emperical

Question 3

First Approach to Understanding

Answer 3

Authority - Seeking information thought to be reliable and valid

Question 4

Second Approach to Understanding

Answer 4

Analogy - Finding an analogy between a new event and a familiar event

Question 5

Third Approach to Understanding

Answer 5

Rule - Establish rules that cover a variety of different observations

Question 6

Fourth Approach to Understanding

Answer 6

Emperical - Testing ideas against actual events

Question 7

What is a Hypothesis

Answer 7

Formally stated expectation about a behaviour - must be testable and falsifiable