PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: John Wiley & Sons, Inductive Reasoning, Regional Policy Of The European Union

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Barry Mc Clinchey

Document Summary

Learning objective 1 list two core beliefs of science, and describe the steps in the scientific method. Science is an approach to knowing the world built on the core principles that (1) the universe operates according to certain natural laws, and (2) these laws are discoverable and testable; Science is founded upon the scientific method, a process that moves from making controlled, direct observations to generating progressively broader conclusions and tests and attempting to disprove hypotheses. Inductive reasoning - reasoning process proceeding from small specific situations to more general truths. Deductive reasoning - reasoning proceeding from broad basic principles applied to specific situations. Hypothetico-deductive reasoning - process of modern science where scientists begin with an educated guess about how the world works, and then set about designing small controlled observations to support or invalidate that hypothesis. (uses both ir and dr)