Psychology as a science

Question 1

Who and when questioned the scientific status and value of introspection

Answer 1

Watson in the beginning of the 20th century

Question 2

Who is Watson

Answer 2

A behaviourist who had an issue with introspection as it produced subjective data so varied from person to person
-Establishing general principles is difficult

Question 3

What did Watson believe

Answer 3

Only behaviour that is objectively measurable and observable should be studies
- behavioural approach born and the emergence of psychology as a science

Question 4

What did Watson and skinner do

Answer 4

Bought the language rigour and me this of the natural sciences into psychology.
Focuses on the scientific processes involved in learning using carefully controlled lab experiments
-high level of control repeated and reliable

Question 5

Other approaches that use the scientific method

Answer 5

Cognitive and biological

Question 6

Evaluation of the emergence of psychology as a science

Answer 6

:) - reliance on objective and systematic methods of observation - knowledge acquired using the scientific method is more than passive acceptance of facts

:)- scientific methods rely on determinism so are able to establish cause and effect

:( objectivity and control aren’t natural environments so lack ecological validity

:( cannot directly measure unobservable processes - make inferences