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12 Cards in this Set
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tenacity |
accepting ideas as valid bc they have been accepted for so long or repeated so often that they seem to be true |
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Intuition |
accepting ideas as valid bc they "feel" true based on gut feelings or hunches |
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authority |
accepting ideas as valid bc some respected authority asserts that the ideas are true |
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rationalism |
developing valid ideas using existing ideas and principles of logic |
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empiricism |
gaining knowledge through observation |
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science |
rationalism+empiricism we use rationalism to develop theories and empiricism to test them |
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1. assume determinism and discoverability 2. makes systematic observations 3. produces data-based questions 4. asks answerable questions 5. produces tentative conclusions 6. develops theories that can be disproven 7. produces public knowledge |
Characteristics of science as a way of thinking |
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description, prediction, explanation, application |
Goals of psychology |
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pseudoscience |
uses unscientific methods, theories, assumptions, and conclusions that pretend to be scientific (found in tv, magazines, newspapers, internet bc validity is not evaluated) |
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-intuition -tenacity -rationalism -authority -empiricism -science |
Ways of thinking/knowing |
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statistical determinism |
events can be predicted above the level of chance |
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systematic observation |
precisely defining what will be measured, implementing valid and reliable measures |
