Scientific Thinking
Omar Maamoun
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Forgery
No # of expts can prove me right but 1 expt can prove me wrong
Tmeline
Visual aid
Events in chronological order
Paradigms
A set of assumptions that constitutes a way of perceiving reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline.
It will get warmer as we approach spring
Inductive
Specific to general
Lisa is a girl, she likes to wear hats. Therefore, all girls wear hats.
Weasel words
statements that are intentionally ambiguous or misleading
Types of research
Experimental
Test an independent variable
Case study
In depth record kept by outside observer
Survey
Inferences about behavioral date collected by questionnaire
interviews
Correlation
Determine degree and relationship between
2 variables
Observational
Non experiment approach used in field or real life
situations
Fallacies
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc: As soon as Obama got re-elected, Disney began talks for making a new Star Wars.
Absolute truths
Religion
Mindomo
Recognize patterns in train of thought
Ability to visualize thoughts
Deductive
General to specific
All canines howl at the moon. German shepherds are canines, therefore they howl at the moon.
Scientific method setup
Control variable
Variables kept constant
Control group
Does not undergo experiment
Dependant variable
Variable measured in experiment
Independent variable
Variable changed by scientist
Critical Thinking
the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgement.
Bad Science
Bad
Bad science is where people misuse science and scientific research
Unrealistic claims, such as creams that make you 10 years younger
Junk
untested or unproven theories when presented as scientific fact.
Homeopathy
Pathological
an area of research where "people are tricked into false results ... by subjective effects, wishful thinking or threshold interactions."
UFOs
Pseudoscience
a collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method
Astrology
Scientific Method
Theory
Repeat
Testing
Prediction
Hypothesis
Testable
Falsifiable
Observation
