psychology a science Flashcards

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what parts of psychology suggest it is a Science

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-biological psychology apart from fraud because it is to do with eh brain and the human make up which can be physically tested
-rain extra
-experiments are scientific and have IV and DV

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what parts of psychology suggest it is not a science

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human behaviour is very difficult as it is made up of so many different factors, from ur brain structure to ur childhood.
it is theoretically possible if we kew all the variables and we can have accurate guess but Science is fact not very accurate guessing.

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what did kune say about what it needs to be a science

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science has
-asumptions to base theory off
-scientific methods are used
-has terminology

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according to Kune is psychology a science

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yes

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