Psych2018 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Methods of Acquiring Knowledge ways in which a person can know things or discover answers to questions Method of Tenacity information is accepted as true because it has always been believed or because superstition supports it Method of Intuition Information is accepted on the basis of a hunch or "gut feeling" Method of Authority a person relies on information or answers from an expert in the subject area Method of faith a variant of the method of authority in which people have unqu...