features of a science

Question 1

objectivity

Answer 1

not allowing our own personal biases affect data/behaviour of participants

Question 2

empirical method

Answer 2

gathering evidence to direct observation and experience so we can establish cause and effect, uses lab experiment

Question 3

replicability

Answer 3

extent to which the procedure and findings can be repeated and consistent which is linked to the test retest reliability

Question 4

Falsifiability

Answer 4

something to be proven right, you need to be proven false (Popper) first hence why we have the null hypothesis for example the psychodynamic approach cannot be proven right or wrong

Question 5

theory construction

Answer 5

General laws of behaviour which can explain events/behaviours such as the biological approach which states everything psychological is first biological

Question 6

hypothesis testing

Answer 6

tested through empirical methods which can either support or refute theory

Question 7

Paradigm

Answer 7

shared of assumptions; KUHN believe psychology is a pre science because it’s too much disagreement so we cannot have a universal Paradigm

Question 8

paradigm shift

Answer 8

contradictory evidence can’t be ignored and there is a shift to that belief