COG250Y1 Midterm: Cognitive Science Workshop 2 10:7:16
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Cognitive science workshop 2: generating and testing hypotheses 10/7/16. Not just applicable to scientific endeavors, we engage in this type of thinking all the time! To gather the evidence that is most likely to improve your working theories: Should be something that you are pretty uncertain about that could go either way, And one result vs. the other should change your belief in different ways, Relevance to the audience, quality of the arguments, ability to attract attention, Critical thinking in psychology (& life) workshop series. Organize what you know, point out areas that can be improved upon when making theories. Find a place in the theory where we are very uncertain rather than very certain. Theory should not be one that is easy and we already know the answer, it should be challenging. Make sure there are two or more competing hypotheses/outcomes that will have different implications for the theory. May(cid:271)e it"s not answera(cid:271)le with data in prin(cid:272)iple.
