VARIATION IN EXPERIMENTATION STYLES AND DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE

VARIATION IN EXPERIMENTATION STYLES AND DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE

This study explored the relationship between experimental strategies and domain-specific knowledge within a task of scientific discovery. Groups of expert biologists, experimental psychologists, and lay people in both biology and experimentation were asked to solve a task on population ecology, whic...

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Main Authors: Córdoba, Mario, Larreamendy-Joerns, Jorge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Católica de Colombia 2007-06-01
Series:Acta Colombiana de Psicología
Subjects:
scientific discovery
cognition
experimental strategies
domain-specific knowledge
Online Access:http://regweb.ucatolica.edu.co/publicaciones/psicologia/ACTA/v10n1/articulosrevista/Acta10v1Art3.pdf
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VARIATION IN EXPERIMENTATION STYLES AND DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE
Acta Colombiana de Psicología
scientific discovery
cognition
experimental strategies
domain-specific knowledge
author_facet Córdoba, Mario
Larreamendy-Joerns, Jorge
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title VARIATION IN EXPERIMENTATION STYLES AND DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE
title_short VARIATION IN EXPERIMENTATION STYLES AND DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE
title_full VARIATION IN EXPERIMENTATION STYLES AND DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE
title_fullStr VARIATION IN EXPERIMENTATION STYLES AND DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE
title_full_unstemmed VARIATION IN EXPERIMENTATION STYLES AND DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE
title_sort variation in experimentation styles and domain-specific knowledge
publisher Universidad Católica de Colombia
series Acta Colombiana de Psicología
issn 0123-9155
1909-9711
publishDate 2007-06-01
description This study explored the relationship between experimental strategies and domain-specific knowledge within a task of scientific discovery. Groups of expert biologists, experimental psychologists, and lay people in both biology and experimentation were asked to solve a task on population ecology, which implied reaching an equilibrium between preys and predators through parameter manipulation. Success rates, depth and breath of search, and global styles of experimentation were analyzed. Results indicated that experimentation styles are associated with the participants' prior knowledge. Novices engaged in an extensive search through the scope of the problem, whereas expert participants focused their research process on a limited number of parameters
topic scientific discovery
cognition
experimental strategies
domain-specific knowledge
url http://regweb.ucatolica.edu.co/publicaciones/psicologia/ACTA/v10n1/articulosrevista/Acta10v1Art3.pdf
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