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Consequences of Confirmation and Disconfirmation in a Simulated Research Environment
Abstract
Advanced undergraduate science majors attempted for approximately 10h each to discover the laws governing a dynamic system. The system included 27 fixed objects, some of which influenced the direction of a moving particle. At a given time, any one screen of a nine-screen matrix could be observed on a plasma display screen. Confirmatory strategies were the rule, even though half the subjects had been carefully instructed in strong inference. Falsification was counterproductive for some subjects. It seems that a firm base of inductive generalizations, supported by confirmatory research, is a prerequisite to useful implementation of a falsification strategy.
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- Authors
- Mynatt, C. R., Doherty, M. E., & Tweney, R. D.
- Venue
- Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1978-08
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 395-406
- ISSN
- 0033-555X (ISSN-L)
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- W2077796070
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- 233
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 146.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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