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What is conceptual change in the context of science?
What is conceptual change in the context of science?
- Deletion of existing concepts
- Stagnation of existing concepts
- Repetition of existing concepts
- Generation of new concepts and modification of existing ones (correct)
How are scientific concepts characterized?
How are scientific concepts characterized?
- Containing representations of words, thoughts, actions, objects, and processes (correct)
- Containing only words and thoughts
- Containing only processes and actions
- Containing only actions and objects
What are the two main types of shifts focused on in theories of conceptual change?
What are the two main types of shifts focused on in theories of conceptual change?
- Subtraction of knowledge and no conflict between pre-existing and new information
- Subtraction of knowledge and conflict between pre-existing and new information
- Addition of knowledge and conflict between pre-existing and new information (correct)
- Addition of knowledge and no conflict between pre-existing and new information
What characterizes minor conceptual shifts?
What characterizes minor conceptual shifts?
What is the second type of conceptual shift focused on in theories of conceptual change?
What is the second type of conceptual shift focused on in theories of conceptual change?
Define conceptual change in the context of science.
Define conceptual change in the context of science.
What are the two main types of shifts focused on in theories of conceptual change?
What are the two main types of shifts focused on in theories of conceptual change?
What characterizes minor conceptual shifts?
What characterizes minor conceptual shifts?
How are scientific concepts characterized?
How are scientific concepts characterized?
What is the second type of conceptual shift focused on in theories of conceptual change?
What is the second type of conceptual shift focused on in theories of conceptual change?
What do scientific concepts contain representations of?
What do scientific concepts contain representations of?
What is the term used for the large-scale changes in conceptual structures?
What is the term used for the large-scale changes in conceptual structures?
What is the focus of theories of conceptual change?
What is the focus of theories of conceptual change?
What happens in the first type of conceptual shift?
What happens in the first type of conceptual shift?
What is the characteristic of minor conceptual shifts?
What is the characteristic of minor conceptual shifts?
