Ch. 1 - What is Science? Flashcards

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empiricism

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learning through experience and observation

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2
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rational thinking

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believing what makes the most sense

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3
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faith

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knowing without evidence

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4
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inductive reasoning

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bottom-up ; starts with obervations to create theory

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5
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deductive reasoning

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top-down ; starts with theory and breaks down into observable concepts.

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6
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exact replication

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high INTERNAL validity

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7
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conceptual replication

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high EXTERNAL validity

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