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Scientific Revolution

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The Scientific Revolution?modern science Importance: begins modern age- #1 dvlp, single, most important dvlp in Europe Idea: revolution in?knowledge Idea: change in knowledge itself way look at knowledge. First to go back to before 1)Ancients: reference point Classical Greco and Roman Culture Aristotle?looked back to what is true 2)Moderns (now): Ancient heritage? Idea: SURPASED what ancients had done Now NEW and discover new knowledge -Knowledge never known by ancients -felt had possibility of learning new knowledge How?? Scientific method The ?Old? Science Idea: Revolutionary?how? Aristotelian Scholarticm?taught in medieval ed.; Aristotle ideas merged with Knowledge comes from?LOGIC

Nautre of Science and Scientific Method

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Nature of Science: Scientific Method Generally Who?s Francis Bacon (1560-1629) Rene Descartes (1596-1650) They shared.., Scholastic disdain Hated those who spent so much time finding answers to questions, which don?t matter Should focus on answershelpful Skepticism Skeptic of scholastic system Good/healthy skepticism ?raised in skeptical thought system? Rene Descartes Idea: ?modern? philosophy ?Natural philosopher? studying science using capacity of reason better understand natural world Defeated skepticism Society can?t move forward while being so skeptic Desecrate defeat skeptics with more skepticism? Hyperbolic doubt: Exaggerating, beat skeptics, doubt EVERYTHING If can find things that can?t be broken Certain knowledge breaks?what is it about it that makes it true?

Cause And Effect Instructions

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? 2011 K12 Inc. All rights reserved. Copying or distributing without K12?s written consent is prohibited. 1 of 1 AP History | Graphic Organizer: Cause and Effect Chain Name Date Cause and Effect Chain Use the Cause and Effect Chain to identify a cause or outcome for an event. First, identify the cause. Next, write three related and specific effects from that cause. Finally, explain an overall result that occurred because of the cause and effects. Result Effect Effect EffectCause
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Chapter 1: Research

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Research How you can learn to love it, or at least not fear it! Pseudoscience Demonstrations of benefit are based on anecdotes or testimonials The individual?s baseline abilities and the possibility of spontaneous improvement not considered Related scientific procedures are disavowed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vPC7nPX-X4 Why is this important? Scientific Method Identify and analyze problem Hypothesis based on observation, theory, previous findings Sample, measures, design, procedure Collect data and analyze Draw conclusions and revised theories Discussion of your articles ? how do they illustrate the scientific method (or are they pseudoscience?) Measurement methods Reporting Self-report Informant Psychophysiological Neuroimaging Observation Naturalistic Structured

Campbell Biology Chapter 1 Study Guide

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Name Period Chapter 1: Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life Begin your study of biology this year by reading Chapter 1. It will serve as a reminder about biological concepts that you may have learned in an earlier course and give you an overview of what you will study this year. In the overview, Figure 1.3 recalls many of the properties of life. Label the seven properties illustrated here, and give a different example of each. Concept 1.1 The themes of this book make connections across different areas of biology What are emergent properties? Give two examples. Life is organized on many scales. Figure 1.4 zooms you in from viewing Earth from space all the way to the level of molecules. As you study this figure, write in a brief definition of each level.

Bob Jones PPT Notes -- Chapter 1a

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Why Study Chemistry? 1 Why Study Chemistry? Use a Biblical Focus Why Study Chemistry? To see the glory of God Where did I come from? Why am I here? Where am I going? Why Study Chemistry? To connect Genesis and chemistry Man is created in the image of God. Creation Mandate Creation Mandate Man is to exercise good and wise dominion. Why Study Chemistry? To connect Genesis and chemistry Man is created in the image of God. Creation Mandate Dominion science dominion science scientific activity that seeks to bring glory to God and benefit other humans by controlling aspects of creation Why Study Chemistry? To understand the purpose of science Science does not establish truth. Science makes models (simplified representations). Why Study Chemistry? To understand the purpose of science

A.P Environmental Science Chapter 2

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Chapter Two What is science? Science: ? is a methodical, logical process for producing knowledge about natural phenomena ? a cumulative body of knowledge ----- Table 2.1 : Basic Principles of Science (7) Science depends on skepticism and accuracy ? Ideally scientists are skeptical and un biased. ? Scientist strive for ? Accuracy- correctness of measurement ? Reproducibility- Repeatability of result : Repeating studies or tests is called replication Deductive and inductive reasoning ? Deductive reasoning- logical reasoning from general to specific ? Inductive reasoning- reasoning from many observations to produce a general rule ? It is also important to recognize the role of insight, creativity, aesthetics, and luck in research

AP Psychology - Unit 2 (Research Methods) Outline

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Research Methods: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science The Need for Psychological Science Much of contemporary psychological science documents a vast intuitive mind. Intuition is important, but we often underestimate its perils. Two phenomena?hindsight bias and judgmental overconfidence?illustrate why we cannot rely solely on intuition and common sense. Did We Know It All Along? Hindsight Bias The term ?hindsight bias? refers to the tendency to believe, after learning and outcome, that one would have foreseen it. (Also known as the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon.) Errors in out recollections and explanations show why we need psychological research. Common sense more easily describes what has happened than what will happen.

Research Methods in Psychology: Evaluating a World of Information Chapter 3

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Chapter 3 Variables ? something that varies; must have at least 2 levels, values Constant ? something that could potentially vary but has only 1 level in the study in question Measured vs Manipulated Variables Measured variables ? recording an observation, a statement or a value some variables cannot be manipulated, only measured (eg. gender, IQ, traits such as depression) Manipulated variables ? controlling levels of variable by assigning participants to different levels of that variable some variables cannot be manipulated; it would be unethical (eg.assign children to ?high-quality school? or ?low-quality school? conditions)
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