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14 Cards in this Set
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Tacit knowledge
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Knowledge that is passed from person to person without being articulated. Resides in people and can’t be formalized.
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Heuristics
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Things that guide. Can’t give explicit instructions. "Rule of thumb"
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Experimenter's regress.
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Paradox in scientific knowledge. Unsure who had "correct" results.
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Paranormal Phenomenon
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Anomalous phenomena which conflict with accepted scientific opinion as to what is physically possible. The phenomena are generally known as PSI Phenomena.
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Sheep goat effect
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Believers (sheep) are better at ESP than nonbelievers (goats)
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Paradigm
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A worldview of framework shared amongst a community of scientists.
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Norms
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Institutional imperatives. Institutionalized when it is linked to the distribution of rewards. Conformity is rewarded.
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Mathew effect
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Describes why some scientists get more credit based on prestige.
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Matilda Effect
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The work of female scientists is often neglected. Similar to Matthew effect.
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trust
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Confidence in or reliance on some quality or attribute of a person or thing
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black box
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A piece of equipment, instrument, or technique becomes “black-boxed” when, despite the complexity of the machine, we just focus on the inputs and outputs.
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Normalization of Deviance
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c. When something disastrous happens, it seems like “bolt from the blue” even though there may have been signs, they have been normalized
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Frye Rule
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Has the claim gained general acceptance in the particular field in which it belongs.
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Diane Vaughn
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Challenger explosion, normalization of deviance.
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