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1. parsimony Answer: look for the simplest explanation possible
2. what is science? Answer: an attempt to discover order, and to display lawful relations
3. determinism Answer: The universe is a lawful and orderly place
4. what does it mean to be scientifically skeptical? Answer: that assumptions
should not be made until evidence is available
5. How do you reduce observer bias? Answer: by ensuring interobserver
agreement
6. guidelines for gathering evidence Answer: - reducing observer bias
-examining experimental control
-replication
-self-correction
7. what is behaviorism Answer: philosophy of the science of human behavior
8. what does structuralism rely on? Answer: introspection
9. structuralism Answer: the science of human behavior permits introspection to explain the
conscious mind
10. methodological behaviorism Answer: A philosophical position that views
behavioral events that cannot be publicly observed as outside the realm of science. and relied on
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logical positivism
-does not consider private events -came from psychophysical parallelism
11. psychophysical parallelism Answer: -mental events can cause only mental
events
-physical events can cause only physical events
12. What did normand present? Answer: -importance of objective, empirical science
-being skeptical does not equate being cynical Answer: withhold judgement until suflcient evidence is
presented, and examine available evidence before making a decision
13. Characteristics of pseudoscience Answer: -can't be proven false
-anecdotal evidence
14. how is science self-correcting? Answer: through replication
15. what is the credo of helping professionals? Answer: do no harm
16. explanatory fictions Answer: socially approved ways for explaining behavior that
violates parsimony
17. Classical Behaviorism Answer: S-R behavioism that does not account for
consequences or private events
18. reflex Answer: behavior controlled by external agents
19. who studied conditioned reflexes Answer: Pavlov
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EDF 6222 Exam 1 & 2
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1. parsimony Answer: look for the simplest explanation possible
2. what is science? Answer: an attempt to discover order, and to display lawful relations
3. determinism Answer: The universe is a lawful and orderly place
4. what does it mean to be scientifically skeptical? Answer: that assumptions
should not be made until evidence is available
5. How do you reduce observer bias? Answer: by ensuring interobserver
agreement
6. guidelines for gathering evidence Answer: - reducing observer bias
-examining experimental control
-replication
-self-correction
7. what is behaviorism Answer: philosophy of the science of human behavior
8. what does structuralism rely on? Answer: introspection
9. structuralism Answer: the science of human behavior permits introspection to explain the
conscious mind
10. methodological behaviorism Answer: A philosophical position that views
behavioral events that cannot be publicly observed as outside the realm of science. and relied on
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logical positivism
-does not consider private events -came from psychophysical parallelism
11. psychophysical parallelism Answer: -mental events can cause only mental
events
-physical events can cause only physical events
12. What did normand present? Answer: -importance of objective, empirical science
-being skeptical does not equate being cynical Answer: withhold judgement until suflcient evidence is
presented, and examine available evidence before making a decision
13. Characteristics of pseudoscience Answer: -can't be proven false
-anecdotal evidence
14. how is science self-correcting? Answer: through replication
15. what is the credo of helping professionals? Answer: do no harm
16. explanatory fictions Answer: socially approved ways for explaining behavior that
violates parsimony
17. Classical Behaviorism Answer: S-R behavioism that does not account for
consequences or private events
18. reflex Answer: behavior controlled by external agents
19. who studied conditioned reflexes Answer: Pavlov
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