Topic 11 scientific

• Scientific Thinking involves ways of knowing such as Authority, Logic, Empiricism, and has characteristics like Answerable questions, Tentative, Falsification.
• Claudius Ptolemy (90-168) advocated geocentric theory.
• Popular culture, science-fiction, and pseudo-science are elements of pop science.
• Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) advocated helocentric theory.
• The full moon and psychiatric admissions are examples of pop science.
• The left-brain is verbal and rational, while the right-brain is non-verbal and intuitive, according to pop science.
• Logic is a way of knowing in Scientific Thinking.
• Empiricism is a way of knowing in Scientific Thinking, with the term originating from the Greek word 'empiric' and the Latin root 'experientia' of experience and experiment.
• Science is never 100.0% certain, as evidenced by evolution and punctuated equilibrium, and medical examples like mammograms and hormone replacement therapy.
• The Scientific Method involves Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, and Analysis.
• Observation in the Scientific Method can be exemplified by a question about a nephew's problems.
• In the Scientific Method, a Question is followed by a Hypothesis.
• The Hypothesis in the Scientific Method is tested through an Experiment.
• Analysis in the Scientific Method is the final step, where the results of the Experiment are interpreted.
• Freud's theories involve the Id, Ego, Superego, and concepts like Repression and Co-sleeping.
• Focus is on small # Hits, downplays misses (like fortune tellers)
• Baloney Detection:sharina samsudin, uum, 2016
• Baloney Detection:Localization of function
• Baloney Detection:Tested by Pierre Flourens
• Baloney Detection: Does this fit with how the world works?
• Science versus Pseudoscience: Crime Scene Profiling
• Baloney Detection:Lesion study (dogs/pigeons)
• Baloney Detection: Have the claims been independently replicated?
• Evolutionary Psychology is a scientific discipline that involves ways of knowing like Authority, Logic, Empiricism, and has characteristics like Answerable questions, Tentative, Falsification.
• Baloney Detection: Michael Shermer (14 min)
• John Allen Williams
• Baloney Detection: How reliable is the source of claim?
• Baloney Detection: Where is the majority of evidence?
• Malcolm Gladwell
• Baloney Detection: Is the claimant playing by rules of science?
• Baloney Detection:Phrenology
• Baloney Detection: Do they make similar claims?
• Baloney Detection:Popular Theory (Johann Spurzheim) that: Personality characteristics would result in measurable bumps on skull
• Crime scene is used to infer characteristics of criminal
• Baloney Detection: Has anyone tried to disprove the claim?