features of science Flashcards
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what is objectivity
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- all sources of personal bias are minimised so as not to distort or influence the research process
- high control methods
- lab experiments
2
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what is the empirical method
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- scientific approaches that are based on the gathering of evidence through direct observation and experience
- Locke’s view = theory cannot be scientific unless it has been empirically tested and verified
3
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what is replicability
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- ## extent to which scientific procedures and findings can be repeated by other researchers
4
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what is falsifiability
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5
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what is theory construction
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6
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what is hypothesis testing
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7
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what is paradigm
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8
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what is the paradigm shift
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9
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what did Thomas Kuhn (1962) do
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