PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Inductive Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning, Scientific Method
28 Oct 2018
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Intelligence definition: the cognitive ability of an individual to learn from experience, reason well, remember important information, and cope with the demands of daily living. When a person works from ideas and general information to arrive and specific conclusions. If you leave for school at 8 am and you arrive to class on time, you can leave for school at 8 everyday. Moving from specific facts and observations to broader generalization and theories. Everyday that i leave for school at 8 am i will arrive to school for my first class. Deductive and inductive reasoning guide the scientific method: Generating hypotheses from theories to facts is deductive reasoning. Using facts and interpreting data to make theories is inductive reasoning. The quality of a test depends on its reliability and validity. Reliability: a reliable test produces the same result if one person takes it multiple times. Validity: a valid test actually measures the trait it is supposed to be measuring.
