PSY 311- Exam 1 (week 1 -4) || with 100% Verified Solutions.

What is tenacity? correct answers acquiring knowledge by having blind faith/ believing something in all circumstances ex. convincing a 3 year old that santa claus is not real - con: just bc you believe in something doesnt make it true What is authority? correct answers acquiring knowledge by accepting information from supposed experts like government officials, teachers, parents -ex. experts saying global warming is an issue -con: an authority figure could be wrong What is intuition? correct answers gaining knowledge based on a gut feeling ex. out gut could be wrong rationalism correct answers gaining knowledge through reasoning and logic What is empiricism? and what are the two types? correct answers - acquiring knowledge through senses naive empiricism: knowledge through direct observation sophisticated empiricism: knowledge through indirect observation Is the scientific method a way to acquire knowledge? and what is it correct answers yes, is a set of rules, procedures, assumptions that enable us to make sense of our observations what are the 4 canons of the scientific method? correct answers systematic empiricism, determinism, parsimony, testability what is systematic empiricism? correct answers learning about the world through a systematic collection of data, What is determinism? correct answers the assumption that any phenomena, such as human behavior ex. there is a reason that you are experiencing insomnia what is parsimony? correct answers the assumption that the simplest explanation for a phenomenon is most likely to be correct what is testability? correct answers the scientific method only addresses questions that are answerable through the systematic observation of data (systematic empiricism)