Variación en estilos de experimentación y conocimiento específico

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Córdoba, Mario, Larreamendy-Joerns, Jorge
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad Católica de Colombia
Repositorio:RIUCaC - Repositorio U. Católica
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.ucatolica.edu.co:10983/551
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10983/551
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Descubrimiento científico
Cognición
Estrategias de experimentación
Conocimiento específico
Scientific discovery
Cognition
Experimental strategies
Domain-specific knowledge
DISEÑO EXPERIMENTAL
PSICOLOGÍA COGNOSCITIVA
INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA
TEORIA DEL CONOCIMIENTO
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Sumario: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.