Epistemology correct answers knowing
Methodology correct answers finding out
Agreement reality correct answers interesting concept, things that we know as part of the
culture from those surrounding us
Pierce's 4 Paths correct answers 1. Method of tenacity
2. Method of authority
3. A priori method
4. Scientific method
Method of tenacity correct answers stubbornly clinging onto popular beliefs
Method of authority correct answers we believe everything a person with a certain authority
tells us
A priori method correct answers we reason to cause and effect without any observation or
reasoning
The scientific method correct answers stepwise procedure, less of a recipe and more of a set
of ideas of how to look at the world
a) Reliance on empirical inquiry
b) Characterized by a particular rhetoric
c) Assumed regulative principles
d) Aesthetics play a role in science (testing willpower)
e) Limits & boundaries to scientific truths; probabilistic truths
f) Systematic techniques or procedures used to analyze empirical evidence in an unbiased
attempt to confirm or disprove prior conceptions
What's the solution for inaccurate observations when doing an inquiry? correct answers use
standards for measurement
What's the solution for over-generalizations when doing an inquiry? correct answers use large
and representative samples
or try to replicate it
What are two more common errors in inquiry? correct answers Selective observations and
illogical reasoning
The categories of social/consumer research correct answers Exploratory
Descriptive (observational)
Causal (establish cause & effect, experiential)
Basic and Applied Research correct answers conducted to expand the boundaries of
knowledge itself, to verify the acceptability of a theory