2). Sometimes when something is difficult to understand, it becomes a bit clearer when we try to explain it to someone else. Which type of reasoning was most difficult to understand? Please do some additional internet research on that specific type of reasoning and discuss what you learned.
Causal Reasoning was more difficult for me to understand because the definition through the website we were given was hard to understand. After researching and finding my own information on causal reasoning which was a lot easier for me to understand, the idea is that any cause leads to an effect.
The website that helped me understand causal reasoning is attached. They used the scientific process to explain causal reasoning; which helped me understand how it could be explained step by step. For example: starting with a hypothesis then scientists will predict, then observe and test predictions, then comes induction. Through this process, by eliminating the predictions that will not work for this hypothesis, it can be determined what causes the effect other wise known as the hypothesis.
Hey Mary, I also had a lot of trouble with causal reasoning, which I thought had something to do with the resource we were given as well. Thankfully your post helped me understand this concept better, especially because of the great resource you included. As someone who excels in math and science the use of the scientific method was a familiar learning mechanism, which helped me figure out the proper ways to put causal reasoning into use. Overall this was a very helpful blog post, and your use of external sources really helped provide an in depth view of the concepts you discussed.
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