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Conducting Experiments in Psychology Measuring the Weight of Smoke

Conducting Experiments in Psychology Measuring the Weight of Smoke. s e c o n d e d i t i o n. Brett W. Pelham Hart Blanton Presentation prepared by Alan Swinkels. Chapter 1. How Do We Know?. A Brief History of Human Knowledge. Metaphysical Systems Philosophy

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Conducting Experiments in Psychology Measuring the Weight of Smoke

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  1. Conducting Experiments in PsychologyMeasuring the Weight of Smoke s e c o n d e d i t i o n Brett W. Pelham Hart Blanton Presentation prepared by Alan Swinkels

  2. Chapter 1 How Do We Know?

  3. A Brief History of Human Knowledge • Metaphysical Systems • Philosophy • Physiology and the Physical Sciences • Experimental Psychology

  4. The Four Canons of Science • Determinism • Empiricism • Parsimony • Testability

  5. Four Ways of Knowing About the World • Intuitions • Logic • Reliance on Authority • Empirical Observation

  6. Metaphysical explanations Animism Mythology and religious explanations Astrology Positivism Canons Experimental method Determinism Theories Empiricism Parsimony Testability Falsifiability Operational definitions Key Terms from Chapter 1

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