Is Psychology A Science

Question 1

Key features of science (4)

Answer 1

• empirical methods and replication
• the role of peer review in validating research. (Involves experts checking work before it is published)
• hypothesis testing (support or rejecting )
• objective methods

Question 2

Wilhem Wundt

Answer 2

• first man to be called a psychologist
• believed all things could be studied scientifically
• opened first experimental lab in Germany
• used s method called introspection
• paved the way for behaviourists

Question 3

Introspection

Answer 3

Means looking into self.
- objective examination of ones thoughts and emotions

Question 4

What was wrong with wundts methods

Answer 4

• lacked reliability
• but it was the first attempt at explaining something scientifically