1. Activity Investigation Picture

Scientific Method:

I. Perceiving the Problem

Are these people a worker in a farm?

II. Research

a. Wearing different style of clothes

b. Different ages

c. Wearing a tennis shoes

d. An area of land

e. Growing crops

f. Strawberry fruits

III. Formulating Hypothesis

It looks like these people are worker in a farm.

IV. Observation

Sense of Sight

V. Experiment

a. Materials: picture b. Procedure:

1. Observing the pictures carefully

2. Recording what is been observe

c. Variable: people in a farm

1. Independent variable: people

2. Dependent Variable: farm

d. Control group: farm

VI. Data:

Based on the research these are the data that has been gathered. People are

wearing different style of clothes, they are in different ages, they are wearing a

tennis shoes, there is an area of land, there are growing crops and strawberry

fruits.

VII. Results

Pictograph

VIII. Conclusion

These people are not a worker in a farm because of the research and data

that has been gathered.

VIX. Follow-up retest

2. Page 29 1. In this experiment, what might be some extraneous variables affecting the students test performance?

Some of the extraneous variables affecting student test performance are student athletes

arrive on campus unprepared for college-level work and personal issues or problems.

2. What might educators do to try to prevent the effect of the “dumb jock” negative stereotype on college athletes?

Mentorship programs can help boost academic performance by college athletes. Under such programs, faculty members can work with athletes to identify impediments to improved performance in the classroom. Counseling for their personal issues and treating them fairly.

3. Page 30

1. The study that Dr. Watson did with “Little Albert” and the white rat seems pretty cruel when

you think about it. Do researchers today do that kind of study?

This branch of psychology is still practiced and studied today even though it would be

considered unethical.

4. Page 34

1. How might critical thinking be applied to the issue of global climate change?

When it comes to global warming or climate change as it is now called, I find the statements equally as ridiculous. People tell me how “They say the earth is warming because of man-made carbon emissions.” 99% of the people who tell me this I automatically discount as unqualified to share such information because they can not state who They are. Simply saying

“scientists” does not count. If a person does not know that the large category of people known as

“scientists” are not all in agreement on this, that person is not informed on this issue and is only spouting hearsay. To those who represent groups who believe they have studied this to such a degree that they can come to such a bold conclusion, I have more critical questions. If this theory is true, could you please show me a working model? I would love to see something such as a scale globe being warmed by a lamp, and then injected with carbon dioxide, and watch a thermometer go up in response.

2. Why do you think some people (even very smart people) sometimes avoid thinking critically

about issues such as politics, the existence of ESP, or the supernatural?

Some people (even very smart people) sometimes avoid thinking critically about issues such as politics, the existence of ESP, or the supernatural because they might be mistakes and often do. Just because we are critically aware of a particular reasoning process, does not mean that our reasoning is, therefore, sound. In critical reasoning, our judgments are frequently correct and critical deductions are often valid, but this is not always the case. Critical reasoning can be pock marked with equivocation, judgmental error and invalid reasoning.