Psych as a science

Question 1

What is the principle of parsimony?

Answer 1

The idea that explanations of findings need to provide the simplest and most efficient explanation of facts

Question 2

What is a circular argument?

Answer 2

An argument where the thing explained is presented as a theory

Question 3

What is reification?

Answer 3

Treating an abstraction as if it were a concrete thing

Question 4

What is inductive reasoning?

Answer 4

Researchers have developed an understanding of a particular issue simply by generalising on the basis of prior empirical observations

Question 5

What is non-cumulativeness

Answer 5

A piece of research draws from and attempts to develop existing knowledge

Question 6

What is lack of parsimony?

Answer 6

Unnecessarily complicated

Question 7

What does science assume in a study?

SPP DAD

Answer 7

Determinism
Systematic observation
Public (verifiable) knowledge
Producing tentative (not certain) conclusions
Asking empirical questions (operationalisation)
Developing falsifiable theories

Question 8

What is in good research?

rcvpp

Answer 8

reliable
valid
public
cumulative
parsimonious