Unit 2 Flashcards
What are the goals of science?
Prediction,control and the development of technology to benefit humanity
Science
Is a systematic approach for seeking and organizing knowledge about the natural world as evidence by description,prediction and control that relies on determinism as it’s functional assumption empiricism as its prime directive experimentation as its basic strategy replication as it necessary requirement for believability parsimony as it conservative value, and philosophic doubt as it guiding conscience.
What is the basic strategy of science ?
Experimentation
All behavior is determined by what?
Is determined by genetic makeup of an organism and its history and it’s current situation.
Natural science
Empirical phenomena; direct observation and measurement of phenomena or it’s permanent products
Types of natural science
Physics, chemistry, biology, behavioral analysis
Social science
Hypothetical construct outside of the natural realm; indirect observation measurement
Types of social science
Psychology, sociology, political science
Philosophical assumptions
Determinism, Parsimony, philosophical doubt, pragmatism experiment mentation
Determinism
The universe is a lawful and orderly place.
Empiricism
Objective observation with thorough description and qualification
of the phenomena of interest, behavior
Experimentation
Systematic manipulation of an independent variable
Replication
Repeating any part of an experiment
Parsimony
Requires that a simple, logical explanation of the phenomena of interest be ruled out experimentally before more complex or abstract explanations are considered
Philosophical doubt
Continually question the truthfulness of what is regarded as fact
