PSC 41 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Falsifiability, Caffeine, Psychodynamics
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How are you persuaded: humans are constantly gathering and organizing information about the world, we generate theories about how the world works, science refines this nature tendency. Intuitive knowledge: (ie: falling in love) first two aren"t used in the sciences much: i feel that it is so . Authority (ie: speed limit: a respected source says that it is so . Empiricism: learning information through your senses (observing information, recording data, smelling/hearing: i"ll believe it when i see it . Rationalism: acquiring knowledge through reasoning, logic: logical reasoning, deduction. Scientific knowledge: combination between empiricism and rationalism: it describes relationships between variables, theory-data cycle. You start with theory of how the way the world works > allows us to generate hypothesis > gather data/information > bring that information back into our theory (so we revise or support theory) Ie: wonder if sophomores do better than freshmen (that"s a claim we will look into to)
