PSYA01H3 Final: Socy210 Review Final.docx
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Key questions to be answered in this course. Our attention is limited to empirical questions: empirical questions do have answers, non empirical questions don"t have a solid answer i. e. what is truth ( no correct answer) Can prayer cure heart disease? ( can it make a difference) Benson: study of the therapeutic effects of intercessory prayer (step) in cardiac bypass patients. Group a was told somebody will prayer for you or somebody wont prayer for you-> people prayed for them. Group b somebody may pray for you somebody may not- people didn"t pray for them. Group c told that they will be pray for: group c had a higher rate of symptomology, may of stressed them out thinking their sicker then they are. We can contrast the ways of knowing emphasized in this course (versions of the scientific method) with more familiar ways of knowing- tradition, authority & common sense. Acquired from culture, social institutions, common knowledge.
