PSC 41 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Scientific Journal, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning

• School: UC-Davis
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSC 41
• Professor: Cross, Victoria

Document Summary

Scientific knowledge:describes relationships between variables (any characteristic that varies), is objective (strive to overcome subjective bias) & based on rationalism and empiricism (theory-data cycle - theory, research design, hypothesis, data ) Rationalism (logical reasoning and deduction) - logically, it follows that - convince peers & state case - Inductive reasoning- from specific case to general principles, probably true. Deductive reasoning- from general principles to specific conclusions or predictions, guaranteed to b true if premises are true when i see it . Empiricism:knowledge collected thru senses, observation, experience- reduce subjectivity i"ll believe it. Open to accept whatever data tells us - reduce bias. Must have appropriate control or comparison group. To test hypothesis, must gather data on both strategies, make all trials similar. Intuition - i feel that it"s so authority - a respected source says it"s so science - i have empirical data that supports theory aggressively than those who don"t.