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How cdoes cPopper cdefine cpsychology? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The cauthor cdescribes cit cas cbeing
cactivities cof cpsychologists.


Define chistoriography. c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔is cthe cstudy cof cthe cproper cway cto cwrite chistory

Some cppl cfeel cthat cthe chistory cof cpsychology cshould cbe clooked cat cas cseparate cfrom cscience c
ccounter-argument? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔It cignores cthe cvast cphilosophical cheritage cthat cmould
cskips cimportant caspects cpf cpsychology cthat care coutside cthe crealm cof cscience


Presentism c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Looking cat cthe cway csomething cis ctoday c(present ctime). cIt cim
ca cdiscipline crepresents cits chighest cstate cof cdevelopment cand cthat cearlier cevents cled cdirectly ct


Def. cComparing chistorical cevents cto ctodays cstandards.

Historicism c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔study cof cthe cpast cwithout cattempting cto cshow cthe crelationshi
cpresent.


Zeitgeist c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔spirit cof cthe ctimes c- cconsidered cvital cto cthe cunderstanding cof ca

Great-person capproach c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔looking cat cthe cinfluential caccomplishments cand ce
cpast


Historical cDevelopment cApproach c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔shows chow cvarious cindividuals cor ceven
can cidea cor cconcept cthrough cthe cyears.


6 creasons cto cstudy cpsychology c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔1. cperspective
2. cdeeper cunderstanding
3. crecognition cof cfads cand cfashions
4. cavoiding crepetition cof cmistakes
5. csource cof cvaluable cideas
6. ccuriosity

, Rationalism c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔the cbelief cthat cmental coperations c(or cprinciples) cmust cbe cem
cbe cattained.


Def. cKnowledge ccan conly cbe cattained cby cengaging cin cmental cactivity

Empiricism c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔believes cthe csource cof call cknowledge cis csensory cobservation

Scientific cLaw c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔observed crelationship cbtwn ctwo c(or cmore) cempirical cevent
cto calso coccur c-


public cobservation c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔the cscientific claw cmust cbe cavailable cfor canybody cto co
cpublicly cverifiable


Correlational cLaws c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔relationship cbetween cempirical cevents c- cdon't cneed cto

Casual cLaw c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔describing ccasual crelationships, callows cfor cpredictions cand cc

Determinism c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔assumption cthat cwhat cis cbeing cstudied ccan cbe cexplained cb

Def. cBelief cthat ceverything chappens cbc cof ca ccause c- cif cthe ccause cof cevent cis cknown, cthen cca

Poppers cobjection cto ctraditional cview cof cscientific cactivity c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔believed cobserv
cselective


Karl cPopper cdid cNOT cbelieve c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔that cscientific cactivity cstarted cwith cempirica

Karl cPopper cDID cbelieve, cin cregards cto cscientific cactivity, cthat c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔you cneed
cFIRST


Principle cof cfalsifiability c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔For ca ctheory cto cbe cconsidered cscientific, cit cmust

Risky cpredictions c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔predictions cthat crun cthe crisk cof cbeing cincorrect c(false)

Postdiction c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔seeking cto cprovide cand cexplanation cfor csomething cthat chas ca
cNOT cscientific)


Karl cPopper cbelieved cthat c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔It cis cincorrect ctheories cthat ccause cscientific cpr

Normal cscience c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔activities cof cthose cwho caccept cparadigm cand cimplication
csolving


Anomalies c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔persistant cobservations cthat ccurrently caccepted cparadigms cca

Kohn's c3 cstages cof cScientific cDevelopment c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔1. cPre cparadigmatic cstage
2. cPara cdogmatic cStage
3. cRevolutionary cStage

Preparadigmatic cstage c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔number cof ccompeting cviewpoints cexist c- cfact cgath

Paradigmatic cstage c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔puzzel csolving cactivity, cnormal cscience, cbegins

Revolutionary cStage c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔existing cparadigm creplaced cby canother

Feyerabend cbelieved cthat: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔In corder cfor cscientific cprogress cto coccur crules
cthe cscientific cmethod csets climits

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