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23 Terms
Critical Thinking
The process of rationally and skeptically evaluating facts without any biases to make a judgment on those facts.
Dogma
A principle or set of principles set by an authority that is considered true with certainty and without question.
Confirmatory Bias
The tendency to seek out and favor information that confirms or supports an individual’s beliefs or values.
Skepticism
To not accept facts as they are presented but to have doubts or reservations until the facts can be verified.
Empirical Evidence
Information that is based on observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.
Experiment
A test set up to explain a phenomenon.
Fact
A piece of information known to be true and that can be verified.
Falsifiable
The ability of a hypothesis to be disproven.
Hypothesis
A tentative explanation of observations that acts as a guide for gathering and checking information.
Laws of Science
A summary of a vast number of experimental observations that describes or predicts some facet of the natural world.
Scientific Theory
A well-substantiated, comprehensive, testable explanation of particular aspects of nature.
Testable
A method can be constructed to determine whether the hypothesis is supported.
Empirical Evidence
Information that is based on observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.
Experiment
A test set up to explain a phenomenon.
Fact
A piece of information known to be true and that can be verified.
Falsifiable
The ability of a hypothesis to be disproven.
Hypothesis
A tentative explanation of observations that acts as a guide for gathering and checking information.
Laws of Science
A summary of a vast number of experimental observations that describes or predicts some facet of the natural world.
Scientific Theory
A well-substantiated, comprehensive, testable explanation of particular aspects of nature.
Testable
A method can be constructed to determine whether the hypothesis is supported.
Observation
Something that you see, hear, or experience, and involves using your senses to take in information about your surroundings.
Opinion
A piece of information that involves personal judgment.
Bias
An opinion swayed by personal experience.