Lecture 1

Question 0

What are theories?

Answer 0

• general explanations of natural phenomena
• based on extensive & reproducible observations
• subject to modification if facts prove it incorrect
• can be disproved by testing

Question 1

Science based study adheres to…?

Answer 1

• natural causality
• natural laws are uniform in space & time
• people can perceive & measure events objectively

Question 2

What are beliefs?

Answer 2

based on ideas that cannot be disproved by testing

Question 3

What are the basic steps of the scientific method

Answer 3

• observation
• hypothesis formation
• testing via experimentation
• accept of reject hypothesis
• formulate new hypothesis if rejected
• publish finding