Scientific Nature Of Psychology

Question 1

Empirical evidence

Answer 1

Data collected directly by observation or more frequently in psychology through experimentation

Question 2

Replication

Answer 2

Conducting a study again to establish whether the results obtained can be duplicated and are therefore reliable and able to be generalised

Question 3

Pseudoscience

Answer 3

Means fake or false science

Question 4

Difference between psychology and pseudoscience

Answer 4

Psychology: improves as time goes on, relies on emphirical evidence, clearly defined hypothesis that can be tested

Pseudoscience: lacks progress, relies on personal anecdotes for evidence, hypothesis is to vague to be tested