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Anecdotal cognitivism is often criticised by behaviourists for relying on specific cases as evidence of particular animal behaviour, such as that of Clever Hans. [13] Clever Hans was a particularly clever horse, able to interpret his masters body language while carrying out simple arithmetic and answering various simple questions.
Hypomnema (Greek. ὑπόμνημα, plural ὑπομνήματα, hypomnemata), also spelled hupomnema, is a Greek word with several translations into English including a reminder, a note, a public record, a commentary, an anecdotal record, a draft, a copy, and other variations on those terms.
Anecdotal evidence (or anecdata [1]) is evidence based on descriptions and reports of individual, personal experiences, or observations, [2] [3] collected in a non-systematic manner. [ 4 ] The word anecdotal constitutes a variety of forms of evidence.
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The origins of the spitting myth have been the topic of much scholarly investigation and public debate over the years. There are three general categories of these investigations and exchanges which often interpenetrate but generally fall into: 1) scholarly studies published in academic journals and one book, 2) finding and evaluating old press reports, and 3) Vietnam veteran anecdotal stories.
An anecdotal generalization is a type of inductive argument in which a conclusion about a population is inferred using a non-statistical sample. [8] In other words, the generalization is based on anecdotal evidence. For example: So far, this year his son's Little League team has won 6 of 10 games.
Students embrace near a makeshift memorial at Apalachee High School on September 5 in Winder, Georgia. - Jessica McGowan/Getty Images The officers quickly got the shooter handcuffed, Boyd said.