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35 Cards in this Set
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Archaelogy
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the study of past human life as revealed by artifacts
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Anthropology
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the science of human beings and how culture develops
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Paleontology
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a science dealing with the life of past geological periods known from fossil remains
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Sociology
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the systematic study of group development and behavior
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Psychology
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the study of mind and individual behavior
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Biology
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the study of living things and organisms
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Physics
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a science that deals with matter and energy and their interactions
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Chemistry
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the study of chemicals; composition and properties of matter
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Astronomy
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the study of objects and matter outside the earth's atmosphere; celestial bodies
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Astrology
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the study of movement related to other things; predictions of the future based on constellations
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Alchemy
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the study before chemistry; drink of mortality; change any substance into gold
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Philosophy
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the study of the nature of knowledge and reality.
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Ethics
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a set of moral principles; study of a group's behavior
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Values
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the regard that something is held to deserve; emotionally invested; important
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Morals
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a person's standard of behavior or beliefs. individual's belief in what's right or wrong
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Agnosticism
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the skeptic belief of deity(s) existing
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Atheism
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the beliefe that no deity exists
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Polytheism
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belief in more than one deity
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Monotheism
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belief in one deity
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Pantheism
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doctrine that regards the universe as a manifestation of God
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Correlation
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the connection between 2 or more things; interrelationship
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Causation
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the action of causing something
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Cause and Effect
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something that gives rise to an action and the result of it
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Cognition
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the act or process of knowing; perception
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Meta-Cognition
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awareness or analysis of one's own learning or thinking process
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Critical Thinking
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having a decisive or crucial importance in the success or failure of something
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Scientific Method
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principles or procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge
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Thesis
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a theory that is used as a beginning for something to be proved
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Support
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give assistance to
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Evidence
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facts or information that are used to see if something is true or not
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Conclustion
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judgement or decision reached by reasoning
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Assumption
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a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen
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History
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the study of past events
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Opinion
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a view or judgement about something
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Fallacy
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a mistaken belief; conclusion based on faulty logic
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