Features Of Science

Question 1

Objectivity

Answer 1

• free of researcher bias, private values or opinions
• lab experiments most objective and double blind and questionnaires
• least objective with qualitative data, idiographic, unstructured interview

Question 2

Empirical method

Answer 2

• type of data methods used eg experiments
• allows replication to check validity
• Freud lacked this but Ash didn’t

Question 3

Replicability

Answer 3

-Ability to conduct research again and achieve the same results
- lab exp
- test re test
- not for qualitative methods

Question 4

Falsification principle

Answer 4

• Karl popper says a good theory should be able to be proven wrong eg lab exp
• frauds id, ego, superego are not falsifiable

Question 5

Hypothesis testing

Answer 5

• hypothesis is a precise, testable statement about the results of a study
• a study that can be proven right or wrong

Question 6

Theory construction

Answer 6

• inductive research :
  Observation
  Collect data
  Develop theory
• deductive research:
  Theory
  Hypothesis
  Observation
  Confirmation

Question 7

Paradigms

Answer 7

• a shared set of assumptions/ methods oh how to conduct research
• Eg behaviourist approach
• Khun argued psychology doesn’t have this
• a paradigm shift is where researchers question and accepted paradigm when there is contradiction