PSYA01H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cytosine, Zygosity, Cerebellum

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The scientific method: a way of learning about the world through collecting observations, proposing explanations for the observations, developing theories to explain them, and using the theories to make predictions: theories generate hypotheses, once tested, hypotheses are either confirmed or rejected, confirmed hypotheses lead to new and strengthen ones, rejected hypotheses are revised and tested again, hypothesis: a testable prediction about processes that can be observed and measured. Scientific literacy: the ability to understand, analyze and apply scientific information: knowledge gathering (what do we know?, scientific explanation (how can science explain this?, critical thinking (can we critically evaluate the evidence) exercising curiosity and skepticism when evaluating the claims of others, and with our own assumptions and beliefs, application (why is this relevant?) Skills for developing critical thinking: be curious, examine the nature and course of the evidence, examine assumptions and biases, avoid overly emotional thinking, tolerate ambiguity, consider alternative viewpoints.