Students will be able to:

1. Distinguish between non-scientific searching and scientific problem solving (research). (systematic, logical, empirical, reductive, replicable)
2. Describe differences between basic and applied research. (theoretical/practical problems, animals/humans, laboratory/real world, rigorous/lack of control, lack application/directly useful)
3. Describe characteristics of non-scientific problem solving. (Tenacity, Intuition, Authority, Rationalistic, Empirical Method)
4. Describe characteristics of scientific problem solving. (1. Defining and developing the problem - identifying variables, 2. Formulating the hypotheses, 3. Gathering the data - maximizing internal and external validity, 4. Analyzing and interpreting results)
5. Distinguish differences between different types of research. (analytical, descriptive, experimental, qualitative)
6. Identify the five parts of a traditional study (thesis)