Introduction

Question 1

Psychology

Answer 1

The scientific study of people, the mind and behaviour

Question 2

Checkland 1981- science is human activity characterised by:

Answer 2

Reductionism
Repeatability
Refutation

Question 3

Induction

Answer 3

No such thing as an unbiased fact or a self-evident truth. All pacts are constructed and subject selection and censorship

Question 4

Who came up with the hypo-deductive method?

Answer 4

Popper 1959

Question 5

Hypo-deductive model

Answer 5

Theories lead to hypotheses which are tested against facts. When there’s s discrepancy between hypotheses and facts then a theory is reformulated

Question 6

Hypo-deductive method

Answer 6

From theory we deduce hypotheses
Then empirically validate our hypotheses
Hypotheses that aren’t empirically supposed lead to reformulation or abandonment of theory
Should seek to refute rather than support our hypotheses

Question 7

Operational definition

Answer 7

Explains a concept solely in terms of the operations used to produce and measure it

Question 8

Operational definition difficulty

Answer 8

Often leads to questions being raised in respect of its validity

Question 9

Limits of science

Answer 9

Theories have to be empirically testable

Science cannot explain everything