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,3 levels of scientific understanding DPC
Description
Prediction
Control
Description Systematic observations that can be quantified & classified
Prediction AKA: correlation; covariation
2 events may regularly occur at the same time. This does not mean one causes
the other
,Control AKA: causation
Functional relation.
The highest level of scientific understanding.
Experimental demonstration that manipulating one event (IV) results in another
event (DV).
6 attitudes of science DEER PP
Philosophical assumptions of bx Determinism
Empiricism
Experimentation
Replication
Parimony
Philosophical Doubt
Determinism Cause & effect
Lawfulness
Orderly & predictable
, Empiricism Facts
Experimental, data-based scientific approach, drawing upon observation &
experience.
Requires objective qualification & detailed description of events.
Experimentation Basic strategy of most sciences.
Requires manipulating variables to see effects on DV.
Experiment to determine if one event caused another.
Replication Repeating experiments
Parisomy The simplest theory.
All simple & logical explanations must be ruled out first before complex
explanations.
Philosophical Doubt Having healthy skepticism & a critical eye
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,3 levels of scientific understanding DPC
Description
Prediction
Control
Description Systematic observations that can be quantified & classified
Prediction AKA: correlation; covariation
2 events may regularly occur at the same time. This does not mean one causes
the other
,Control AKA: causation
Functional relation.
The highest level of scientific understanding.
Experimental demonstration that manipulating one event (IV) results in another
event (DV).
6 attitudes of science DEER PP
Philosophical assumptions of bx Determinism
Empiricism
Experimentation
Replication
Parimony
Philosophical Doubt
Determinism Cause & effect
Lawfulness
Orderly & predictable
, Empiricism Facts
Experimental, data-based scientific approach, drawing upon observation &
experience.
Requires objective qualification & detailed description of events.
Experimentation Basic strategy of most sciences.
Requires manipulating variables to see effects on DV.
Experiment to determine if one event caused another.
Replication Repeating experiments
Parisomy The simplest theory.
All simple & logical explanations must be ruled out first before complex
explanations.
Philosophical Doubt Having healthy skepticism & a critical eye
