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EDF 6225 exam 1 Questions and Correct
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science
Ans: Systematic approach for seeking & organizing knowledge
about the natural world
purpose of science
Ans: ◦To achieve a thorough understanding of the phenomena
under study
ABA seeks to
Ans: discover the real truths (not those held by certain groups,
organizations, etc.)
Three different types of investigations provide different levels of
understanding
Ans: 1. description
2. prediction
3. control
description
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Ans: ◦Collection of facts about observed events that can be
quantified, classified, & examined for possible relations with
other known facts
◦Often suggests hypotheses or questions for additional research
prediction
Ans: ◦Relative probability that when one event occurs, another
event will or will not occur
◦Based on repeated observation revealing relationships
between various events
◦Demonstrates correlation between events
◦No causal relationships can be interpreted
◦Enables preparation
control
Ans: ◦Highest level of scientific understanding
◦Functional relations can be derived
Specific change in one event (dependent variable)....
Can reliably be produced by specific manipulations of another
event (independent variable)...
And the change in the dependent variable was unlikely to be
the result of other extraneous factors (confounding variables)
◦Events can only really be "co-related"
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Nearly impossible to factor out all other possible "causes"
attitudes of science
Ans: - Definition of science lies within the behavior of
scientists, not the instruments or materials they use
- Only known as science due to an overriding idea of "scientific
method"
- Fundamental assumptions about the nature of events
6 attitudes of science
Ans: 1. DETERMINISM
2. EMPIRICISM
3. EXPERIMENTATION
4. REPLICATION
5. PARSIMONY
6. PHILOSOPHIC DOUBT
determinism
Ans: - Assumption upon which science is predicted
- Presumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in
which all phenomena occur as the result of other events
- Events do not just occur at will
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EDF 6225 exam 1 Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
science
Ans: Systematic approach for seeking & organizing knowledge
about the natural world
purpose of science
Ans: ◦To achieve a thorough understanding of the phenomena
under study
ABA seeks to
Ans: discover the real truths (not those held by certain groups,
organizations, etc.)
Three different types of investigations provide different levels of
understanding
Ans: 1. description
2. prediction
3. control
description
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Ans: ◦Collection of facts about observed events that can be
quantified, classified, & examined for possible relations with
other known facts
◦Often suggests hypotheses or questions for additional research
prediction
Ans: ◦Relative probability that when one event occurs, another
event will or will not occur
◦Based on repeated observation revealing relationships
between various events
◦Demonstrates correlation between events
◦No causal relationships can be interpreted
◦Enables preparation
control
Ans: ◦Highest level of scientific understanding
◦Functional relations can be derived
Specific change in one event (dependent variable)....
Can reliably be produced by specific manipulations of another
event (independent variable)...
And the change in the dependent variable was unlikely to be
the result of other extraneous factors (confounding variables)
◦Events can only really be "co-related"
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Nearly impossible to factor out all other possible "causes"
attitudes of science
Ans: - Definition of science lies within the behavior of
scientists, not the instruments or materials they use
- Only known as science due to an overriding idea of "scientific
method"
- Fundamental assumptions about the nature of events
6 attitudes of science
Ans: 1. DETERMINISM
2. EMPIRICISM
3. EXPERIMENTATION
4. REPLICATION
5. PARSIMONY
6. PHILOSOPHIC DOUBT
determinism
Ans: - Assumption upon which science is predicted
- Presumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in
which all phenomena occur as the result of other events
- Events do not just occur at will
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