test 1 Flashcards
ways to acquire knowledge
tenacity intuition authority rationalism and empiricism
what are the four goals of science
describe explain predict and control
tenants (or principles) of science
determinism (natural causes) empiricism replication falsifiable and parsimony (the best explanation is the simplest)
What are the five steps to science
ID the problem and hypothesis, design the experiment, conduct the experiment, test the results, report the results
what are the three important science characteristics
Control, operational definition (how you measured the variable), replication
what is the difference between a problem and a hypothesis
problems are more general hypothesis are more specific
what are the three types of research in science
Basic research (personal knowledge and benefit), applied research (benefits for mankind), translational research (a bridge between the two)
what are the two types of replication
literal (same exact procedure and same findings) and conceptual (different procedure and same findings)
what are the two purposes of theories?
A way to organize data and allows you to make predictions
what is the difference between inductive and deductive
inductive/data to theory deductive/theory to data
what three things must theories contain?
precision (math formulas), parsimony, falsifiable
what are the eight axioms of human belief
humans believe, people are motivated, we think our beliefs are correct, we get upset when our beliefs are challenged, we jump to conclusions, we tend to simplify complex situation, we tend to resist deep consideration, and we are tricked by illusions
What goes in the methods section of a paper
Participants materials and procedure
what goes in the results section
What is your hypothesis supported
what goes in the discussion section
how are your results compared to other studies, recommendations for future studies, limitations of your studies
