Is psychology a science?

Question 1

Theory construction

Question 2

Falsifiability

Question 3

Induction

Question 4

Deduction

Question 5

Hypothesis testing

Question 6

Emprirical methods

Question 7

Objectivity

Question 8

What is replication?

Answer 8

Replication refers to a study’s findings being introduced by other researchers.

Question 9

How is replicability linked to validity?

Answer 9

Replicability is closely linked to validity. You may have criticiised a stuudy for ‘lacking validity’ because of the sample menaing we cnano generalise he rsults.

Question 10

How can you increase validity through replicability?

Answer 10

If we test a different grop of people and find similar behaviour this would help us to establish the validity of the findings of our originnal research

Question 11

How should scientists record procedures?

Answer 11

Scientists should record their procedures carefully so that someone can repeat themm,

Question 12

How can you make a study replicable?

Answer 12

Variables should be operationalised (if psychologists are not specific enough, a study would not b replicable)
- Settings have to be controlled (if a setting is not controlled it would be difficult to replicate)
- A small biased sample makes replication important (with a larger or different sample) to see if the results can be applied beyond the group.

Question 13

The role of replicabiity

Question 14

What is a paradigm, Thomas Kuhn (1962)? QUOTE

Answer 14

Thomas Kuhn (1926) descriibed a paradigm as ‘a shared set of assumptions about the subjectt matter of a discipline and the methods appropiate to its study.’

Question 15

What did Kuhn suggest about a paradigm?

Answer 15

Kuhn suggested tht scientific discipplines have a paraadigm, whereas non-scientific disciplines do not.

Question 16

What does psyychology lack (paradigms)

Answer 16

Psychology lacks a universally accepted paradigm

Question 17

Give an example of a psychological ‘mini paradigm’, behaviourists and humanism.

Answer 17

Behaviourists believe that what we learn through the envronment determines ur behavior and e soukd use eperimental methods too study bhevaiour.
On the other hand, humanism bliebes that a person has free-wull and is motivated to achiever their potention and that this is best understood using qualiiative research. Therefore Kuhn wokd have described psychology as a ‘pre-science;.

Question 18

What is a paradigm shift?

Answer 18

A paradigm shift occurs when members of a scieniific community change from one set o assumptions and methods to another due to new or contradictory beevidense.
At this point, the existing paradgm is rejected and replaced by one that cn take into account this conflicting evvidence. this stage is known as he scienitific revolution.