biology – Flashcard Test Answers
Flashcard maker : Adrien Vincent
B.F. Skinner
the founder of behavorism conducted a study with lab rats getting rewarded for the right actions (succesive approximations)
superstitions
irrational belief that actions that are not logically related to a course of events can influenceits outcome
Science
an intellectual acivity, encompassing observation, description, experimentation, and explanation of natrual phenomena-a pathway by which we can come to discover and better understand the world around us
null hypothesis
a hypothesis that states a lack or relationship betweentwo factors
useful hypothesis
it must clearly establish mutually exclusive alternative explanationsfor a phenomenon; it must generate testable predictions
observations
scientific study always begins with
scientific method
a deductive process based on testable and measurable results
