Psychology Science Vs Not

Question 1

What is meant by a pseudo science?

Answer 1

D: less scientific, e.g doesn’t have hypotheses or has extraneous v
I: less controlled
A: individual differences
M: self report

Question 2

Scientific studies?

Answer 2

•Pavlov= studied association between dog hearing a bell+salvation
PP: dog
Meth: dog strapped to contraction which rings bell+dog given meat
R: dog hears bell and salivates
L: controlled conditions

• Sperry= used brain scanning
• Bruner= urine tests+IQ
• Raine= PET scans

Question 3

Non scientific studies?

Answer 3

• Freud= uncontrolled variables such as using father to observe Hans
• T+C= biased questions? Only 1 PP
• Ruiter= questionnaire about fear arousal+ strong/weak arguments
• Holmes+Rahe= questionnaire about stress
• Kohlberg= interviews

Question 4

Pros of scientific?

Answer 4

• appropriate to use scientific methods to study behaviour e.g Pavlov
• not appropriate to take account of subjective measures such as thoughts and feelings
• reliability more important than validity e.g replicability of Bandura

Question 5

Cons of scientific?

Answer 5

• is science really scientific? If not then debate is pointless
• psychology lack one dominant theory
• experimenter bias and demand characteristics

Question 6

Pros of non?

Answer 6

• less scientific methods more appropriate when studying behaviour e.g depression using interviews
• impossible for 1 human to study another objectively
• not possible to directly observe and operationalise behaviour

Question 7

What is meant by psychology a science?

Answer 7

D: “knowledge” based upon factual evidence, using hypothesises and operationalising IV and DV
I: hard to measure
A: biological
M: lab