SOCECOL 10 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Confounding, Naturalistic Observation, Deductive Reasoning

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Chapter 2 questions: integrate these three important aspects of science: (1) idea, (2) experience, and (3) reorganization. When engaging in critical thinking scientists develop ideas to what and how their creative ideas could be implemented in a formal fashion. To do so, they form a hypothesis to indicate what they expect will happen under certain conditions. the accuracy of their ideas by formulating situations that will allow them to make significant observation. To test this process, scientists engage in observation and look to experience the experiment in order to test the newly acquired information and compare it to their original theories. Give an example of this type of study. Strength: if little is known about a phenomenon, it is useful to simply watch and observe. Weakness: does not help to describe how one aspect of a system is associated with another i. dwarf mongooses and its relation with their position in the pack.