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17 Cards in this Set
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cognition
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another word for thinking |
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worldview |
your basic assumptions about what is true or false, good or evil and normal |
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Renaissance |
a time of humanism and revival of Greek & Roman learning, philosophy and art |
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Paradigm |
Smaller than a worldview but a dominant pattern in a field like physics or law or politics |
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meme |
a unit of cultural transmission that spreads from mind to mind like a virus |
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perception |
the information given to your brain by your 5 senses |
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cultural evolution |
process of society's beliefs and customs changing slowly over time |
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ancient |
the worldview of the Greek and Roman empires 500 BC to 410 AD |
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Reformation |
individualistic worldview of Protestant Christianity promoted by Martin Luther |
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Zero-sum |
Winner take all, the rest of you are a bunch of losers! |
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scientific method |
process of acquiring new knowledge by validating ideas with experimental testing |
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paradign-shift |
a very rapid change in a fundamental belief of society, usually caused by some event |
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Middle Ages |
a worldview in Europe dominated by kings, noble lords and the Church |
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nonzero sum |
a win-win solution |
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scientific revolution |
a great change in worldviews associated by the great discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton |
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empiricism |
method of Francis Bacon of going out and finding facts and thinking logically |
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enlightenment |
worldview of the American Revolution associated with political liberty, John Locke, social contract theory and natural law |
