psychology as a science debate

Question 1

what are the two reasons for psychology is a science

Answer 1

-highly standardised research
-often conducted as a lab experiment so it is easy to manipulate variables and establish cause and effect

Question 2

what are the two reasons against psychology as a science

Answer 2

-not all studies are carried out in controlled conditions so they lack standardisation
-they dont all use lab experiments

Question 3

why is freuds study unscientific

Answer 3

it is subjective. interviews and conversations were interpretated according to freuds psychosexual theory of development and leading questions were also used. Freud also collected qualatative data instead of quantatative

Question 4

why is chaneys study unscientific

Answer 4

a field experiment where the children used inhalers in their home. The behaviour of the parents around inhaler use could be very different meaning a lack of consistency aswell as low control of extraneous variables

Question 5

why is pilliavans study unscientific

Answer 5

it is a field experiment so it is harder to establish cause and effect as it is difficult to see if there is extraneous varibles

Question 6

why is banduras study scientific

Answer 6

manipulation of independant variable so able to establish cause and effect
1)aggressive or none aggressive role model
2)same sex model and child

Question 7

why is loftus and palmers study scientific

Answer 7

loftus and palmers study is highly standardised with controlled variables for example the same 7 clips

Question 8

why is milgrams study scientific

Answer 8

standardised procedures make this study scientific because each of the participants have the same experience. Each experimenter had standardised prods such as “please continue” and “please go on”

Question 9

what are the two reasons for psychology as a science

Answer 9

research is highly standardised
often conducted as a lab experiment