BEHV 4010 Exam 1
Name and briefly describe the three goals of science - ANS-Description:
To describe in detail exactly what happened and why
Prediction:
To hypothesize what will happen when certain conditions are manipulated
Control:
Manipulate variables in order to get the results or desired behavior
Name and briefly describe the 6 attitudes of science - ANS-1. objective: involves the
evaluation and description of natural phenomenon that can be observed by more than
one person
2. experimental: based on observation or experience
3. self-correcting: beliefs and opinions can be changed given new findings (maybe)
4. progressive: increase in amount and quality of knowledge
5. tentative: carefully constructed claims of knowledge
6. parsimony: simple and logical explanations before considering more complex
phenomena
Working assumptions of science: - ANS-Realism: object and events exist outside of our
perception of them
Regularity: recurring patterns that conform with the universal laws
Determinism: events happen because of preceding causes
Difference between "cause and effect" and "functional relation" - ANS-Cause and effect
may be too restricted
Functional relations get a coincide in a more accurate way
Cause → change in an independent variable
Name and briefly describe the three goals of science - ANS-Description:
To describe in detail exactly what happened and why
Prediction:
To hypothesize what will happen when certain conditions are manipulated
Control:
Manipulate variables in order to get the results or desired behavior
Name and briefly describe the 6 attitudes of science - ANS-1. objective: involves the
evaluation and description of natural phenomenon that can be observed by more than
one person
2. experimental: based on observation or experience
3. self-correcting: beliefs and opinions can be changed given new findings (maybe)
4. progressive: increase in amount and quality of knowledge
5. tentative: carefully constructed claims of knowledge
6. parsimony: simple and logical explanations before considering more complex
phenomena
Working assumptions of science: - ANS-Realism: object and events exist outside of our
perception of them
Regularity: recurring patterns that conform with the universal laws
Determinism: events happen because of preceding causes
Difference between "cause and effect" and "functional relation" - ANS-Cause and effect
may be too restricted
Functional relations get a coincide in a more accurate way
Cause → change in an independent variable
