Methods of Research and Intervention week 1

What is a disadvantage of instrumental learning?

What is a side effect of conceptual learning?

What is necessary to reach Agreement Reality?

On what do you need to reach an agreement on to reach Agreement reality?

What is the science of knowing?

What is the science of 'what is real'?

What is the science of finding out?

What are shortcomings of Human Inquiry?

Authority and tradition may be helpful or hindrance for scientific work. But what might help to steer research in the richt direction, but also hinder you to develop your own ideas?

Authority and tradition may be helpful or hindrance for scientific work. But what is helpful to stand your ground as the public opinion does not agree with your ideas or ways of working and can hinder your research because of 'no-go' areas?

What is a confirmation bias?

What are characteristics of a researcher?

The ancient Greek were already doing a lot of research. Plato and Aristotle were two famous researchers from that time. What was characterizing of Plato?

The ancient Greek were already doing a lot of research. Plato and Aristotle were two famous researchers from that time. What was characterizing of Aristotle?

There are two types of knowledge. What does descriptive knowledge wants to know?

There are two types of knowledge. What does explanatory knowledge wants to know?

What happens with deduction?

Two premises (P) and a conclusion (C) is called?

True or not true? With formal logic, you could write down the biggest nonsense, but as longs as the way of reasoning is correct it is valid.

In logical reasoning, you have modus ponens and modus tollens. How does modus ponens work?

In logical reasoning, you have modus ponens and modus tollens. How does modus tollens work?

What is induction?

What is naive inductivisim?

What are three big problems in induction?

David Hume has a view on induction. What is it?

Do economic and sociologic sciences focus more on deductive or inductive reaseach?

True or not true? Deductive argument conclusions logically follow from premises and lead to new knowledge.

What leads to the finding of a certain regularity or a legality but does not automatically lead to the finding of certain regularities?

What involves the establishment of a hypothesis/supposition, which should explain the observed phenomenon?

Abduction means creating a hypothesis which can explain an empirical phenomenon. What is also necessary in abduction?

What is the context of discovery?

In what kind of research can you find the context of discovery?

What is context of justification?

In what kind of research can you find the context of justification?

What is a model?

What are implicit or mental models?

What are explicit or computer models?

You have 2 kinds of law. Establishing and normative concept or law. What is normative about?

You have 2 kinds of law. Establishing and normative concept or law. What is establishing about?

What is an experiment?

What is a statement of De Groot?

From which definition are these the explanations?
-an assumption that describes or explains a particular phenomenon
-a derivation of a concrete assertion from a theory that serves as a basis for concrete empirical research
-preliminary assumption made in order to test the logical or empirical consequences of a certain assumption

What is a theory?

Can a theory be empirically verifiable?

What is the order of the scientific method?

What do positivists do?

What are metaphysical statements?

Who dislike metaphysical statements?

One of the objectives of logical positivists was to formulate a demarcation criterion. That would make what impossible?

The demarcation criterion is the dividing line between science and non-science. What are statements that can be empirically verified?

The demarcation criterion is the dividing line between science and non-science. What are statements that can not be empirically verified?

What is the correspondence theory of truth?

How is Popper's approach known?

What is Popper's verification principle known for?

Popper speaks of a corrobrated theory, ellaborate

How is Poppers method called?

What are the two main criticisms of Popper?

What refers 'a consequence' in a statement to?

What can concepts be subdivided into?

What do individual terms refer to?

What do universal terms refer to?

To what should you strive for in doing research?

What is idiographic conception?

What do empirical concepts refer to?

In which two types fall non-empirical concepts?

What is conception?

What is the construct?

What can statements be subdivided into?

In the case of singular, particular, universal (rulings) you can make a distinction according to what is called the scope of domain: the number of cases to which the ruling relates. To what relate singular statements?

In the case of singular, particular, universal (rulings) you can make a distinction according to what is called the scope of domain: the number of cases to which the ruling relates. To what relate particular statements?

In the case of singular, particular, universal (rulings) you can make a distinction according to what is called the scope of domain: the number of cases to which the ruling relates. To what relate universal statements?

What are analytical statements?

What does 'a-priori' mean? Used a lot in analytical statements

True of false? Synthetic statements do have empirical content.

What is a synthetic statement?

What does 'a-posteriori' mean? Used a lot in synthethic statements

What is a factual statement?

What is a normative statement?

What is a static statement?

What is a dynamic statement?

What is a descriptive statement?

What is an explanatory statement?

How can explanatory knowledge be used?

What is a prescriptive statement?

One of the most influential models of explanation is the deductive-nomological model. Where do deductive and nomological stand for?

You can explain and predict in statements. What is a prediction?

You can explain and predict in statements. How can something be explained?

You can explain and predict in statements. How can something be predicted?

Deductive-nomological explanation goes from general to specific by at least one law in the explanations. The inductive-statistical explanation is based on an inductive principle. You conclude a general statement from individual cases. But what do you use instead of a law in the explanation?