Emerges of psychology- origins

Question 1

What is a limitation of psychology as a science

Answer 1

Point: some approaches use subjective data
Explain: humanistic approach does not formulate general laws of behaviour. Psychodynamic approach uses case studies with unrepresentative samples.Psychologists study humans who are active and therefore respond to demand characteristics
Elaborate: therefore a scientific approach to the study of Human thought and experience is not desirable/ possible

Question 2

What is a strength of psychology as a science

Answer 2

Point: research in modern psychology claims to be scientific
Explain: it has the same aims as natural sciences, to describe, understand and control behaviour. Learning , cognitive and biological approach all use science methods eg lab
Elaborate: throughout the 20th century and beyond psychology has established itself as a scientific disipline

Question 3

what are the five stages a scientfici method consists of

Answer 3

objective, empirical, replicable. theory construction and hypothesis testing

Question 4

what is determinsim

Answer 4

all behavour is casued in some way

Question 5

what is predictabilty

Answer 5

if all behavoiur is caused then it should be possible to predict human behavoiur in different siutations

Question 6

A01 key info

Answer 6

following contribitions from wundt and others pyschology began to grow as a scientific study pf human behavoiur adopting scientific methods bases on two principle