Research Methids

• behavior is caused by specific events
• not "everything happens for a reason"
• events do not just occur-there are antecedent (precede that come before) events
• science is the search for those causes

assumption that the things we see, hear, feel and taste are real and have substance

there is a rational basis for events that occur in nature that can be understood (behavior/causes) through the use of logical thinking

• evens in nature follow the same laws and occur the same way at all times and places
• may not be easy but it is possible through scientific method
• behavior (esp human) is multidetermined (more than one cause) and often interacting with other causes