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23 Cards in this Set
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Tenacity
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A method of acquiring knowledge based on superstition or habit
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Mere Exposure
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The development of a positive attitude toward something as a function of increased familiarity with it.
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Intuition
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An approach to acquiring knowledge thatis not based on reasoning or inferring.
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Authority
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A basis for acceptance of information because it is acquired from a highly respected source.
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Rationalism
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The acquisition of knowledge through reasoning.
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Empiricism
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The acquisiton of knowledge through experience.
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Science
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A way of acquiring knowledge that is not tied to one universal method that is invariant across time.
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Induction
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specific to the general
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Deductive reasoning
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general to specific
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Logical positivism
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Hypothesis testing important method of science
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Falsification
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Focus is on whether a hypothesis is falsified or confirmed.
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Paradigm
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A framework of belief.
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Pseudoscience
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Knowledge that masquerades as science but is not.
EX. Faith Healing Reincarnation Fortune Telling |
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Correlational Study
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degree of relationship
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Ex post facto
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comapre 2 var. where the variables being manipulated are not under experimenter's control
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Naturalistic observation
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unobtrusively collect data on nuaturally occuring behavior.
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Meta Analysis
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QUANTITATIVE tech. used to intergrate and describe a large number of studies.
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Qualitative researsh
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Research about non numerical information.
EX. words pictures |
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Ethnography
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understand the way of life of a people
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Case Study
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SINGLE individual, org., or event
description and analysis |
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Intrinsic case study
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in depth description
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collective case study
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study of several individual cases or events
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manipulated
response that is measured |