slide deck 2: types of questions, theory vs concept, falsifiability, types of hypothesis, pseudoscience

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is questions

answered by facts or empirical data

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ought questions

answer depends on collective understanding of decency, fairness, and justice

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theory

principles to describe, understand, explain psychological/ behavioral phenomena. How variables are related.

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concept

categories of ideas that are represented by our ideas

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hypothesis

Prediction on how concepts are related

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principle of falsifiability

can find a evidence, data, condition where statement is false.

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A priori

hypothesis made before the study is conducted

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post hoc

hypothesis made after the study is conducted

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science

empirical evidence, meets the principle of falsifiability, hypothesis, testing, statistics

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pseudoscience

involves claims that are touted to be true, but do not meet general criterion for scientific claims.