introduction to psych

Question 1

define the term “scientist-practitioner model”

Answer 1

evidence based practice, adopting critical thinking skills

Question 2

what sort of research constitutes “best evidence” for a particular claim?

Answer 2

• what is the best available research for this problem
• how will I find this data
• what sort of data should I look for?
• how do I evaluate the quality of this data?

Question 3

what are the signs of pseudoscience? and how many are there?

Answer 3

THERE IS 8!
- science can always change: pseudoscience can never change
- ad hoc immunising hypotheses are used a lot
- pseudoscience can exaggerate claims
- pseudoscience is anecdotal
- is unreviewable/ have a lack of review from scholars (also not replicable or tested)
- lack of self correction
- meaningless uses fancy scientific sounding terms that do not make sense
- talk of ‘proof instead of evidence’
- never clear up any rival hypothesis

Question 4

how to apply pseudoscience to a case or reading and to determine if it is real or pseudoscience?

Question 5

definition of pseudoscience:

Answer 5

a collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method.