Biology
Pseudoscience
A collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method
Law
A set of norms, which can be observed in both sociological and philosophical sense
Hypothesis
A tentative explanation that a scientist proposes for a specific phenomenon that has been observed
Control in an Experiment
An uneffected variable that has a known outcome
Science
Any method of learning about the natural world that follows the scientific method
Scientific Method
Scientific Investigation involving the observation of a phenomena, the formulation of a hypothesis concerning the phenomena, experimentation to demonstrate the truth or falseness of the hypothesis, and results that validate or modify the hypothesis
Experiment
a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.
Theory
a widely accepted explanatory idea that is broad in scope and supported by a large body of evidence
Deductive Logic
the process of reasoning from the general to the specific
Inductive Logic
the process of reasoning from the specific to the general
Scientific Observation
central element to the scientific method
Double Blinded Experiments
An experimental procedure in which neither the subjects nor the experimenters know which subjects are int he test and control groups during the actual course of the experiments
Blinded Experiments
An experimental procedure in which the experimenters but not the subjects know the makeup of the test and control groups during the actual course of the experiments