Ontology and epistimology

Question 1

The nature of a thing.

Answer 1

Ontology

Question 2

any specific individual technique used.

Answer 2

Method

Question 3

Positivism

Answer 3

A single truth

Question 4

constructivism

Answer 4

No single truth

Question 5

set of principles underpinning a particular approach

Answer 5

Methodology

Question 6

the methodological stance likely to follow positivism.

Answer 6

Quantitative methods

Question 7

the methodological stance likely to follow constructivism.

Answer 7

Qualitative methods

Question 8

The study of knowledge. How is Knowledge acquired?

Answer 8

Epistimology

Question 9

general strategy of getting knowledge

Answer 9

Methodology

Question 10

what factors influence the method choice?

Answer 10

ontology, epistemic stance, methodology.

Question 11

What are extraneous variables

Answer 11

External factors that can influence a result.

Question 12

What is objectivity

Answer 12

When something can be determined no matter the subject

Question 13

Predictability

Answer 13

Using to factors to predict a result before testing

Question 14

Replication

Answer 14

Ability for an experiment to be repeated, and yield the same result

Question 15

Bias methods

Question 16

Subjective results

Question 17

Why is it Impossible to eliminate all extraneous variables in psychology?

Answer 17

Because the mind is so complex

Question 18

What should be used to determine the research method

Answer 18

The ontology of the question

Question 19

What is Closed system science

Answer 19

Set to find one answer x+y=z.

Question 20

What is the problem with making all of psychology systematic (closed system)?

Answer 20

Miss-closure.

Question 21

What is critical realism

Answer 21

Baskhar: social science is more than an empirical discipline it’s theoretical

Question 22

What identifies something as a science?

Answer 22

Objective, controlled and replicable