[PO217] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (29 pages long)
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Science as a body of knowledge versus science as a method of obtaining knowledge. The nature of scientific method and common sense. Behavior revolution in the early 1930"s (understanding why some people do different things: the people who adapted this form had many accusations placed in regards to this theory having empty ideas, this lead to post behaviorialism. Empiricism: requires that every knowledge claim be based upon systematic observation. The goal of the scientific method is explanation. A political phenomenon is explained by showing how it is related to something else. Concept: a word of symbol that represents some idea. A concept is a universal descriptive word that refers directly or indirectly to something that is observable. Concepts serve two key functions (exam question: tools for date-gathering (data containers, essential building blocks of theories (theories tie two concepts together) Classification: what can we put into different categories.
