PSYC 201W Chapter Notes -No Alternative, Logical Positivism, Falsifiability
9 Dec 2014
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Intuition: occurs when one feels they have direct knowledge or insight but cannot state any observation or reason for the knowledge, not based on any known reasoning or inferring process, sometimes used in science, usually when forming hypotheses. It does not provide a mechanism for separating inaccurate info from accurate info. Authority: a basis for acceptance of info because it is acquired from a highly respected source, possible problem: info from an authority source isn"t necessarily accurate. The most trustworthy way of acquiring reliable & valid knowledge about the natural world. Induction: a reasoning process that involves going from the specific to the general. Deduction: a reasoning process that involves going from the general to the specific. Hypothesis testing: the process of testing a predicted relationship or hypothesis by making observations. & then comparing the observed facts with the hypothesis or predicted relationship.
