DANCE 3- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 97 pages long!)
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Historical approaches to solving problems: common sense or common knowledge, proclamations of authority. Logical thinking utilizes one or more general assumptions: premise 1: all foot injuries are painful, premise 2: sally has an injured foot, conclusion: sally"s foot is painful. Inductive reasoning: logical argument in which one or more specific premises lead to a general conclusion, e. g. Premise: every bird that i have seen has wings: conclusion: all birds have wings. The scientific method: understanding the problem or topic. Identify the research q or problem: formulating the one or more hypotheses, planning the methodology for the study, collecting the data, analyzing the day with statistical methods, deriving conclusions from the results. Understanding the problem or topic: through understanding of the topic. Independent variable: variable under study: dependent variable: variable being measured on order to study the effect of the independent variable (e. g. how does sleep deprivation affect motor performance) Take charge and make a plan: myth #1: money = happiness.
