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What happens when new information or research is found to conflict with an existing affected scientific theory?
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Many times, the new evidence is suppressed for an indefinite time until preparations can be made. Once it has been released, publishers will create a deal for the information to be published, whilst sometimes the original discoverer is paid off so that a different group can claim discovery.
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Why does the scientific establishment sometimes reject new ideas?
because some scientific theories are not true for this advanced world. e.g. the early ideas about phlogiston.
What usually happens if a scientific experiment generates new knowledge that doesn't agree with an existing theory?
The new knowledge is used to reevaluate the theory
What must be present in order to call a study scientific?
some measure of examining the information
Why is it important to gather information on the background of the organization?
Back groung information identifies and describe the history and nature of a well defined research problem with reference to the existing literature
What are the main qualities of a good hypothesis?
iA hypothesis is a proposed explanation for an observable phenomenon. For a hypothesis to be put forward as a scientific hypothesis, the scientific method requires that one can test it. Scientists generally base scientific hypotheses on previous obserations that cannot satisfactorily be explained with the available scientific theories.These are the essential traits of a good hypothesis:TestibilitySimplicityScope - the apparent application of the hypothesis to multiple cases of phenomenaFruitfulness - the prospect that a hypothesis may explain further phenomena in the futureConservatism - the degree of "fit" with existing recognized knowledge-systemsA hypothesis cannot contradict scientific laws.
Incorporating new information into existing theories is to as modifying existing theories in light of new information is to?
"Integrating new information into existing theories is to refine existing theories based on new information."
What existing belief did new scientific theories challenge?
scientific method
What is scientific accuracy?
A statement which conforms to existing scientific knowledge can be said to be scientifically accurate.
If a scientific theory changesdoes this mean that it was not good theory to begin with?
Not necessarily... it simply means the earlier theory was based on information available at that time it was proposed. Humans are pretty good at making advances in the scientific world... experiments almost always bring new information to light - allowing us to adapt or update existing information.
Which type of update is used when only a portion of the existing TO is affected?
Change
What is the merit of a new scientific theory is judged by scientist community based on?
how well existing scientific data are explained by the new theory.
What is the difference between assimilation and accommodation?
Assimilation is the process of incorporating new information into existing cognitive structures, while accommodation involves adjusting existing cognitive structures to fit new information. In other words, assimilation is making new information fit existing frameworks, while accommodation is modifying existing frameworks to incorporate new information.
A situation existing between physical and biological environments which is continuously affected by changes?
ecological balance
The current classification system would be most likely to change if?
new scientific evidence emerges that challenges the existing system or if there is a widespread consensus among experts in the field that a change is needed to better reflect the relationships between organisms.
What are the benefits and constraints of using the scientific method to analyze environmental decisions?
1. generates/gives new information about an event or phenomena. 2. produces new material 3. solves an existing community problems.
How would you disprove the theory of continental drift?
All you would have to do is refute the existing scientific data, through replicateable scientific experiments which support your theory.
Who sociological perspectives best explains the existing struggle by women for equality and empowerment in Nigeria with references?
conflict theory
