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Answer the follow questions: What parts of our bodies do we rely upon when gathering empirical evidence? When gathering empirical evidence, we rely on all of the senses; sight, touch, hearing, smell, and taste. Each one of these senses can be used to gather empirical evidence in its own way, but the two main senses that are commonly used are sight and touch, of course this depends on the type of research being done. We use sight in order to observe what is going on; whether it is through observation or experience. Sight is one of the two most important senses as it allows to view the things around us and to identify specific types of actions, movements, or colors. We use touch in order to sense or manipulate something. We use different parts of our body for this sense. The hands are used touch and manipulate objects. The fingers are used to sense the texture of an object as well as to differentiate between hot and cold. The feet and toes can also be used much the same way as the hands and fingers, although not exactly in the same way. We use hearing in order to listen to something. This is important to check if a subject can hear a specific sound or not and whether or not that sound causes other senses to react immediately, such as sight. For example; a person hears a noise, then looks at where the sound came from in order to see what it is. We use smell in order to differentiate different smells. It is used by the nose and collects odor particles in the air and then processes them. However, this is related to taste.Have you ever noticed that when you are sick with a stuffed-up nose, you can’t taste anything? We use taste in order to differentiate different tastes. It uses the small receptors on our tongue to identify the type of taste; salty, sweet, etc. Would you consider your day to day living experience and observations as part of empirical evidence? Why? I would consider my day to day living experience and observations as part of empirical evidence. Spielman et al (2017) states “An empirical method for acquiring knowledge is one based on observation, including experimentation, rather than a method based only on forms of logical argument or previous authorities.” Based on this explanation, the answer is yes. How do we acquire knowledge or experience? In our day to day living we face many different challenges where we have to observe and experiment. For example; A subject goes to a coffee shop every day and sees that the majority of the people are ordering a specific type of coffee. Through this observation, this subject decides to experiment by trying this type of coffee in order to see why it is so popular. As another example, a subject drives from home to work every day. The subject observes that the neighbor works very close to his job and also drives to work, yet the neighbor always arrives earlier even though they leave at the same time. The subject

decides to experiment by taking the route the neighbor takes. Through this, the subject acquires the knowledge that a different route to work is faster. In the end, we live our day to day living by observing and learning from our observations through experimenting. References Spielman, R., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M. & Perlmutter, M. (2017). Psychology. OpenStax College, Rice University. 583 words

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